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    1 MANHATTAN PREP LSAT Reading Comprehension Strategy Guide This guide will teach you an effective technique for mastering LSAT Reading Comprehension and then sharpen your newfound skills with full passages and targeted drills. Learn to change the way you read, tackle the questions effectively, and apply your skills to a wide range of material.

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    2 Acknowledgements A great number of people were involved in the creation of the book you are holding. Our Manhattan Prep resources are based on the continuing experiences of our instructors and students. The overall vision for this edition was rooted in the content expertise of Chris Gentry, Emily Madan, Scott Miller, Matt Sherman, Matt Shinners, and Noah Teitelbaum, who determined what strategies to cover and how to weave them into a cohesive whole. Laura Damone led the effort to update this edition for the new digital format of the LSAT. Scott Miller and Stacey Koprince served as a sounding board during this process. Dmitry Farber was both a content writer and editor during this phase of the book’s production, and his thoughtfulness and attention to detail are evident throughout. Derek Frankhouser lent his deft hand to the layout of this edition. Matthew Callan coordinated the production work. Once the manuscript was done, Laura Damone and Dmitry Farber edited and Cheryl Duckler proofread the guide. Carly Schnur designed the covers.

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    3 LSAT Reading Comprehension: Strategy Guide + Online Resources, 6th Edition Retail ISBN: 978-1-5062-6570-4 Course ISBN: 978-1-5062-6572-8 Retail eISBN: 978-1-5062-6571-1 Course eISBN: 978-1-5062-6573-5 Copyright © 2020 MG Prep, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means— graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or web distribution—without the prior written permission of the publisher, MG Prep, Inc. All actual LSAT questions printed within this work are used with the permission of Law School Admission Council, Inc., Box 2000, Newtown, PA 18940, the copyright owner. LSAC does not review or endorse specific test preparation materials or services, and inclusion of licensed LSAT questions within this work does not imply the review or endorsement of LSAC. Each copyrighted LSAT question that appears in this book is part of a section marked with the exam and exam section from which it was taken (e.g., PrepTest 43, Section 2). Each question is marked with the official question number of the particular question. Layout Design: Derek Frankhouser

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    4 Strategy Guide Series LSAT Logic Games (ISBN: 978-1-5062-6562-9) LSAT Reading Comprehension (ISBN: 978-1-5062-6570-4) LSAT Logical Reasoning (ISBN: 978-1-5062-6566-7)

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    5 February 4, 2020 Dear Student, Thank you for picking up a copy Reading Comprehension . I hope this book provides just the guidance you need to get the most out of your LSAT studies. At Manhattan Prep, we continually aspire to provide the best instructors and resources possible. If you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us. Email our Student Services team at lsat@manhattanprep.com or give us a shout at 212-721-7400 (or 800-576-4628 in the United States or Canada). We try to keep all our books free of errors, but if you think we’ve goofed, please visit manhattanprep.com/LSAT/errata. Our Manhattan Prep Strategy Guides are based on the continuing experiences of both our instructors and our students. The authorship of the 6th Edition LSAT Reading Comprehension guide was a collaborative eff ort by instructors Chris Gentry, Emily Madan, Scott Miller, Matt Sherman, Matt Shinners, and Noah Teitelbaum. The primary editor of this edition was Laura Damone. Project management was led by Matthew Callan. Finally, we are indebted to all of the Manhattan Prep students who have given us excellent feedback over the years. This book wouldn’t be half of what it is without their voice. And now that you are one of our students too, please chime in! I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks again and best of luck preparing for the LSAT! Sincerely,

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    6 Chris Ryan Executive Director, Product Strategy www.manhattanprep.com/lsat 138 West 25th Street., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Tel: 800-576-4628 Fax: 646-514-7425

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    7 HEY! DID YOU KNOW? YOU JUST GAINED ACCESS TO ATLAS, YOUR ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM Atlas will give you access to a host of additional resources, including: A free, full-length practice exam, complete with performance analytics and thorough explanations Additional drills to hone your skills and test-wide strategies for maximizing your performance Bonus lessons for each section of the exam

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    8 HOW TO ACCESS ATLAS IF YOU PURCHASED THIS GUIDE FROM MANHATTAN PREP’S ONLINE STORE: Your resources are already in your account! Go to www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/studentcenter and log in with the same username and password you used to create your account. IF YOU PURCHASED THIS GUIDE AT A RETAIL LOCATION: Go to www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/access and follow the instructions on the screen. Online resource access can only be granted for a single account; the guide cannot be registered a second time for a different account. You have one year from the date of purchase to complete your registration.

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    9 TABLE of CONTENTS Part 1: Change How You Read 1. Reading Comprehension Overview 2. Reading for the Scale Drill It: Identifying the Scale Drill It: Author’s Opinion 3. PEAR Drill It: Anticipate! Drill It: Read Around the Blanks 4. Annotation and Passage Mapping Drill It: Annotation and Passage Mapping Part 2: Master the Questions 5. The Questions Drill It: Question Types in Action Drill It: Inference Drill It: Finding Support Drill It: Prephrasing the Answer, Part 1 Drill It: Prephrasing the Answer, Part 2 Drill It: Spiral Review Practice 6. Working Wrong-to-Right Drill It: Characteristics of Incorrect Answers Drill It: Similar Answers Part 3: Apply Your Knowledge 6¾. Progress Check Drill It: Coached Practice Set

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    10 Drill It: Uncoached Practice Set 7. Timing Drill It: Pick Up the Pace! 8. Comparative Passages Drill It: Name That Relationship Drill It: Comparative Passages 9. Extreme Passages Drill It: Redacted Passage Drill It: Extreme Passages 10. Unusual Passages Drill It: Unusual Passages 11. Putting It All Together Drill It: The Final Set

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    11 Chapter 1 Part 1: Change How You Read Reading Comprehension Overview

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    12 In This Chapter… Why Study Reading Comprehension? Your Path to Success Reading Comprehension on the LSAT

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    14 Why Study Reading Comprehension? I already know what reading comprehension is. What can this book do for me? We strongly suspect that you already know how to read. Not only that, but your reading comprehension has probably been tested many times before, starting in elementary school and continuing on through the SAT or ACT and now the LSAT. There is a reason for this: reading comprehension exams are a great way to test an individual’s ability to absorb, comprehend, process, and respond to written information in a time-efficient manner. Of course, these are also skills you’ll need as a law student and as a lawyer. It seems to make sense, but is it really possible to accurately quantify a person’s level of reading comprehension? Can’t we all, by looking at our own lives and experiences, see that our own level of reading comprehension is something that fluctuates from situation to situation? Let’s look at a few scenarios: . Terry is an electrical engineer. She has been working in a niche industry for years, but it’s very easy for her to understand and evaluate articles on engineering concepts that fall outside of her specialty, even when she isn’t familiar with the specific terminology involved. She’s recently become interested in the stock market and has been trying to read up on it. However, she’s having a lot of trouble understanding and organizing the investment advice that she’s read in various financial publications. . Chad is a freshman in high school. He has mastered the art of text messaging, sending and receiving hundreds of messages a day. He filters and organizes them easily and is able to weave together a cohesive understanding of the lives of his friends. However, when he tries to organize the personalities and events of 18th-century Europe from his history textbook, he’s hopelessly lost. . Juanita is an English literature professor and a Luddite. She’s finally getting around to using the internet to communicate with her students. She is surprised by the short, abrupt, and casual messages they send to her. She can quickly make sense of complex texts on abstract literary theory, but in this new format she is unable to catch subtleties and has difficulty interpreting the tone

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