LSAT Prep - Wrong Answers in "Must Be True" or "Most Supported" LR Questions

Could Be True or Possibly True

• Answers that can only be true or even likely to be true are incorrect.

• This is because, like all incorrect answers, these answers fail the Fact test, or lack direct support.

Exaggeration

1. Exaggerated answers take information from the stimulus and then stretch that information to make a broader statement that is not supported by the stimulus.

“New” Information answer choices

Unlike the combination of stimulus to create a “new statement,” watch out for answer choices that is completely out of the scope of the stimulus.

What are the 2 mechanisms to avoid “new” information answer choices?

1. Examine the Scope

2. Combining Stimulus Elements

The Shell Game

1.  An idea or concept is raised in the stimulus, and then a very similar idea appears in an answer choice, but the idea is changed just enough to be incorrect but still very attractive.

The Opposite Answer

1. These answer choices provide an answer that is completely opposite of the stated facts of the stimulus.

The Reverse Answer

1. Often occurs when answers are paraphrased, but the order of indicators (e.g. “most,” “some,” “all”) is reversed.

2. These answers are attractive because it contains familiar elements from the stimulus, but the reversed statement is incorrect because it rearranges those elements to create a new, unsupported statement.