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june 2007, passage 1, question 4


carl pyrdum
lesson by carl pyrdum
magoosh expert

summary
the content provides an in-depth analysis of how to approach an inference question on the lsat, specifically focusing on discerning the author's attitude towards a topic without explicit statements from the text.
  • inference questions require understanding the author's implicit attitude.
  • the author disapproves of the rift between poetry and fiction, seeing its breakdown as positive.
  • elimination of answer choices is based on direct contradictions or misalignments with the author's views as presented in the text.
  • the correct answer (e) aligns with the author's disapproval of the attitudes causing the rift, in agreement with rita dove's perspective.
chapters
00:00
understanding inference questions
00:20
analyzing the author's attitude
01:41
identifying the correct answer