TYPES OF QUES BRIEF
5-7 questions per scenario Deductive reasoning skills
detailed analyses of relationships and
Analytical
sets of constraints in legal problem
Reasoning solving
What consider?
a group of facts and rules
what could or must be true, given
those facts and rules.
Reality
what could or must be the case, given
a set of regulations,
the terms of a contract, or the facts of
a case..
analyze, evaluate, construct,
and refute arguments
Logical Reasoning read and comprehend a short
passage  answer a question
about it.
The questions are designed to
assess a wide range of critical
thinking skills.
four sets of reading questions, each
consisting of a selection of reading
material (which we’ll often refer to as
Reading the “passage”) followed by five to eight
Comprehension questions.
Three of the sets consist of a single
reading passage; the other set
contains two related shorter passages
(Comparative Reading).
SKILLS TESTED
Comprehend the basic structure of a set of relationships by determining a complete solution to the
problem posed (for example, an acceptable seating arrangement of all six diplomats around a table)
Reason with conditional (“if-then”) statements and recognize logically equivalent formulations of
such statements
Infer what could be true/false or must be true/false from given facts and rules
Infer what could be true/false or must be true/false from given facts and rules together with new
information in the form of an additional or substitute fact or rule
 Recognize the parts of an argument and their relationships
 Recognize similarities and differences between patterns of reasoning
 Draw well-supported conclusions
 Reason by analogy
 Recognize misunderstandings or points of disagreement
 Determine how additional evidence affects an argument
 Detect assumptions made by particular arguments
 Identify and apply principles or rules
 Identify flaws in arguments
distinguishing precisely what is said from what is not said
 Compare, analyze, synthesize, and apply claims, principles and rules.
 Draw appropriate inferences
 Apply ideas and arguments to new contexts
 Grasp unfamiliar subject matter
 Penetrate difficult and challenging material
Types of ques
 The main idea or primary purpose
 Information that is explicitly stated
 Information or ideas that can be inferred
  The meaning or purpose of words or phrases as used in context
 The organization or structure of an argument
 The application of information in the selection to a new context
 Analogies to claims or arguments in the passage
 An author’s attitude as revealed through tone and word choice.

The writing prompt presents a decision problem.

What to do
make a choice between two positions or courses of action. (Both are defensible)
Writing Sample & you’re given criteria and facts on which to base your decision.
There is no right or wrong position to take on the topic
 the quality of your response is a function not of which choice is made, but of
how well or poorly the choice is supported and how well or poorly the other
choice is criticized.