The PowerScore Accelerated LSAT Course consists of four sessions of four hours each. Sessions I and II are taught on Saturday, and Sessions III and IV are taught on Sunday. The total in-class instruction time is sixteen hours. You will be provided with access to a pre-course practice LSAT and eight post-course practice LSATs, as well as a seminar booklet that includes extensive homework comprised of questions, drills, and analyses for you to work on once the Accelerated Course concludes. The combined Course and Homework material totals over 600 pages in length. The following syllabus is used in the PowerScore Accelerated LSAT Course:
Session One: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Attacking the Stimulus
When to Read the Question Stem
The Elements of Argumentation
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
Analyzing the Question Stem
Logical Reasoning Question Types
Prephrasing Answers
The Answer Choices
Must Be True Questions
Main Point Questions
Sufficient and Necessary Conditions
Reversals and Negations
Diagramming "Unless"
Conditional Reasoning Problems
Approaching the Games
Setups and Diagramming
The Questions
Attacking the Section
Rule Representation: Blocks, Sequencing, and Dual-Options
Basic Linear Games
The Two Passage Types
Approaching the Passages—6 Critical Steps
Question Types
Attacking the Questions
Introductory Reading Comprehension Passage
Session Two Saturday 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Weaken Questions
Typical Weaken Scenarios
Cause and Effect Reasoning
Causality in Weaken Questions
Assumption Questions
The Supporter/Defender Assumption Model™
The Assumption Negation Technique™
Justify the Conclusion™ Questions
The Justify Formula™
Strengthen Questions
Advanced Linear Setups and Multiple Stacks
The Separation Principle™
Diagramming the Passages
Political Correctness
Session Three Sunday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Principle of Grouping
Unified Grouping Theory™
Diagramming the Rules
The Double-Not Arrow
Linear vs Grouping Symbolizations
Hurdle the Uncertainty™
Grouping Games
Method of Reasoning Questions
Flaw in the Reasoning Questions
Classic LSAT Fallacies
Parallel Reasoning Questions
The Parallel Reasoning Elemental Attack™:
Double the Conclusion™, the Premise
Test™, the Validity Test™, and the Test
of Abstraction™.
Session Four Sunday 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Resolve the Paradox Questions
Point at Issue Questions
The Agree/Disagree Test™
Science and Technology Passages
Comparative Reading Passages
Numerical Distribution Games
Identifying Numerical Distributions
Fixed vs Unfixed Distributions
Numerical Distribution Identification Drill
Limited Solution Set Games
Identify the Templates™
Writing Sample Analysis
The Decision Prompt
The Pro-Con Format
The Decision Prompt Writing Sample
- Introduction
- Logical Reasoning
- Logic Games
- Reading Comprehension
- Logical Reasoning
- Logical Reasoning
- Logic Games
- Reading Comprehension
- Logic Games
- Logical Reasoning
- Logical Reasoning
- Reading Comprehension
- Logic Games
- The Writing Sample