The LSAT and J.K. Rowling

I think most people would agree LSAT Reading Comprehension can be thoroughly and completely boring. If you ever wondered why that is, it’s actually by design. There are a lot of factors in what goes into writing a Reading Comprehension passage, and they almost always conspire to make it incredibly dull to read.

The good news is it doesn’t have to be! Believe it or not, Reading Comp passages can be more like Harry Potter than deciphering Greek. How? Here’s a counter-intuitive piece of advice: don't try to absorb all the content.   Here’s what I mean by that: Read quickly, but don't skim. When most people think of skimming, they think of reading on a superficial level. They try some silly strategy like reading the first and last sentence of each paragraph. Hey, if it worked for grammar school textbooks and the SAT, it'll work here, right? Wrong. This isn't grammar school. The LSAT's not going to bake you cookies or read you a bedtime story. LSAT Reading Comp passages are organized differently than textbooks (or SAT passages), and they have a different focus. You want to read quickly, but you don't want to skip the middle of a paragraph just because it's the middle. The LSAT often includes important nuggets in the middle of passages because people tend to gloss over them. Read slightly slower than a typical skim, but faster than a thorough read. You're not reading for content or facts. Instead, you're reading for argumentative structure and for the positions and viewpoints presented. If you know the structure, you'll know where to find each nugget of info in the passage when the questions ask for it. *** Click here to check out the full article with more RC strategies *** Next time, I’ll share some ideas to help you prepare for Test Day. Stay tuned! LSAT Steve Recommended Resources: 1. LSAT Courses The best of my LSAT materials, with my full curriculum for each section, including video courses, guides, and study plans to keep you on track. You can save hundreds of dollars with an LSAT course package. 2. Reading Comprehension Explanations The explanations that should have come with the LSAT. These don't just fall back on "out of scope," but actually tell you why the wrong answers are wrong, why the right answers are right, and the easiest way to get the correct answer. 3. LSAT Vocabulary Builder A handbook that guides you through confusing LSAT language, but not by forcing you to memorize hundreds of words. Instead, this comprehensive guide focuses on the LSAT's most commonly-used words and phrases and gives you their meanings on the LSAT.

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