This article will make you more logical

Welllllll...hello. Steve here from LSAT Unplugged and LSAT Blog. I have one mission - to: Make.  You.  Smarter. So let's get started. --- If your LSAT score is below where you want it to be (and I'll assume it is), this is probably one of your issues: Let's pretend you're starting with LSAT Logic Games...and you're trying to solve them in the 35 minutes you have for the section. You sit down to start a game like this one: At the annual meeting of the Magicians' Alliance, 8 magicians-L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S- perform their latest illusions, one magician at a time. The order in which the magicians perform their illusions is consistent with the following conditions: By now, you've probably started drawing a diagram with 8 spaces and are getting ready to diagram the rules under each space. Maybe... .....something.... .....like.... .....this: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____      1        2         3         4         5         6         7         8 Wrong. Wrrrrong. WWRRROOOONNNNG. By now, you've already assumed that you're dealing with a typical "strict" ordering game, but this is actually a RELATIVE ordering game. (In other words, it's one where you relate the variables to each other, instead of specific spaces.) If you'd looked at the rules FIRST, you'd already know that. Here they are: -L and Q each perform at some time after P. -S performs at some time before O and L. -M performs at some time before S. -P performs at some time after N. -S and N each perform at some time after R. See how they all relate the variables to EACH other, instead of to different numbered spaces? None of them talk about who goes 3rd, 5th, etc. We can magically end up with a web of variables that are nicely connected to each other like THIS:

(Click here to find out how to diagram this game.) After we look at the rules, we find out which type of Logic Game we're dealing with, and THEN we'll know the best type of diagram to use. And, if Logic Games is giving you a lot of trouble, click this link.