Logical Reasoning Teacher Resources

On the LSAT (as well as in real life), you'll encounter some types of flawed arguments more often than others. This article features some of the flaws that you're most likely to see on Test Day. The faster you can recognize these common...

A quick guide to approaching questions that ask you to find an assumption required by the argument. This question asks you to identify the claim that must be true or is required in order for the argument to work. In other words, there is...

How do you match the principles of two arguments or situations? "Match principles" questions are similar to match structure questions in that the passage represents an argument or a situation, and each choice also represents an argument...

A quick guide to approaching LSAT test questions that ask you to match the structure of an argument in one of the answer choices to the structure of the argument in a passage.

"Match the structure" questions on the LSAT test your ability to determine how an argument goes. It begins with an argument in the stimulus and then asks you to choose another argument from among the choices that is structurally the...

It can be useful to separate and identify different types of evidence used in an argument to support a conclusion. There are many ways to support a conclusion; this article will walk through some of the most common ones that you may see...

A quick guide to approaching questions that ask you to identify something that is "strongly supported." On questions that ask you to find the choice that is most strongly supported by a stimulus, the answer does not have to be...

Some questions ask you to describe the individual role that a statement is playing in a larger argument. These questions require you to understand the statement in question, but even more important is your understanding of its context...

A quick guide to approaching test questions that ask you to identify info that would strengthen or weaken an argument.

How do we identify information that would strengthen or weaken an argument? Strengthen and Weaken questions ask you to find info that would make the conclusion of an argument more or less likely to be true, based on the evidence that's...

This resource from Khan Academy provides a catalog of question types on the LSAT.

Watch an LSAT test prep demonstration of one way to approach a question that asks "What is most strongly supported?"

Example video demonstrating one way to approach Strengthen questions.

Watch a demonstration of one way to solve a question on the LSAT that asks you to infer the dispute presented in the example. [4:27]

Watch a demonstration of one way to approach questions that ask you to identify the technique used in an argument. [4:18]

Watch a demonstration of one way to approach questions that ask you to identify the role a piece of information plays in an argument. [5:33]

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. Watch a demonstration of one way to approach Weaken questions on the LSAT.

A quick LSAT prep guide to approaching questions that ask you to "identify the technique" where you are being asked to describe the reasoning of an argument: the way it uses support to justify a conclusion.

A Matching Flaw question type is asking you to find a choice containing an argument that exhibits the same flaws as the passage's argument. It's important to focus on the flaws, and not get distracted by the content of the arguments in...

These types of questions are very similar to match structure questions, in that the stimulus is made up of an argument or situation, and each choice represents an argument or situation. Your job is to find the choice that exhibits the...

A quick guide to approaching questions that ask you to "identify the role" a piece of the argument is playing. This question asks you to describe the individual role that a statement is playing in a larger argument.