LSAT Logical Reasoning
Master the art of analyzing, evaluating, and constructing arguments for the LSAT and beyond.
Study Strategies
Prephrasing and Predicting Answers
The Power of Prephrasing
Before you look at the answer choices, try to predict what the correct answer should say. This keeps you from getting tricked by confusing wording.
How to Prephrase
- Think: 'If I wrote the answer, what would it be?'
- Focus on the gap or flaw in the argument
- Compare your prediction to the choices
Why It’s Awesome
Prephrasing helps you stay focused and avoid being swayed by clever distractors.
Examples
Reading a flaw question, thinking 'The argument ignores X,' then looking for an answer that matches.
Predicting that a strengthen question needs evidence about a specific link, and finding a choice that does just that.