The PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible

by David M. Killoran, Steven G. Stein

The PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible TM will provide you with a powerful and comprehensive system for attacking any Reading Comprehension question that you may encounter on the LSAT. The concepts presented in this publication are representative of the techniques and approaches that have been tested in PowerScore's live LSAT preparation courses and have consistently been proven effective for countless students. In an effort to clearly explain the fundamental principles of the Reading Comprehension section, this book In addition, The PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible contains a variety of drills and exercises that supplement the discussion of techniques and question analysis. The drills help strengthen specific skills that are critical for LSAT excellence, and for this reason they are as important as the LSAT questions. We believe the use of official Reading Comprehension passages is essential to your success on the LSAT, and no LSAT passage in this book has been modified from its original form. By carefully studying and correctly applying the techniques employed in The PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible , we are certain that you can increase your Reading Comprehension score.

Genres: Law, Nonfiction, Textbooks

518 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2008

Reviews

[katherine marks · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book cover to cover so yeah it’s going towards my book count

[Joseph Lee]

I have read through nearly 2000 pages of LSAT prep this summer fear me

[alyvia cantrell]

if I fail the lsat it’s on this dude tbh

[joud]

for someone who reads for fun i actually wanted to die while reading this book. they make the questions so complicated AND FOR WHAT? anyway i don’t recommend.

[Bruno]

Not as helpful as the Logical Reasoning book

[Tyler Zimmer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Even worse than LR

[Ian · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started doing worse on the reading comprehension section after reading this book. Whereas the other two Bibles had good tips for understanding the mindset of test makers and providing unintuitive LSAT definitions (such as the LSAT definition of "some" and "most"), this one clogs up natural reading ability with its "tips." No "method" is going to make you a better reader.

If you read at least 15 nonfiction books a year, skip this one.

[Reagan Faith Waggoner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Altogether decent prep book

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worthwhile resource that provides a number of practical tips, but it is not sufficient by itself.

LSATlab + LSATdemon RC YouTube videos are great to watch in tandem w/ this book. Similar overarching principles, but different practical approach strategies.

This is mostly useful for covering your bases on the principles of the RC section + a handful of extremely valuable tips explaining common incorrect/correct answer patterns (things that help you immediately cross out otherwise tempting answers). The detailed approach strategies are impractical/overdone for my taste, but the book was still useful for filling in a few gaps.

In retrospect, even the “label the question type”, “write out the main idea” “write out each viewpoint” drill sections are useful for internalizing necessary habits into your brain - tho it does feel absurd while doing them. You won’t be physically writing down most, if any, of that stuff on test day. There’s no time.

About 1/3 of my current approach comes from this book
Another 1/3 from online videos
The remaining 1/3, I imagine, is going to come from patterns I pick up while doing a ridiculous # of practice test sets

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Side note:

The editors of these LSAT RC passages, by their insidious methods, are enough to make an atheist start believing in demons. You have to realize that perfectly good source material is collected by the test makers and then intentionally made worse/convoluted - to the point where the passages are almost unbearable but still comprehensible.

You have to approach the passages with an active & aggressive agenda of cutting through bullshit/traps in order to find the author’s main point & any viewpoints described. How you do that in a timely manner is what you have to figure out.

[David Steyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the smallest of the three books in the LSAT Bible collection from PowerScore. While there are some tips and tricks included here, my opinion is that you should have learned how to do this in college.

The books gives tips on VIEWSTAMP but you should know what is the main point of a passage, how do the different perspectives conflict, where do they agree, what are specific examples, etc. Again I do not fault the author for explaining the necessary skills to survive the test. I fault people going to college who have not figured this out. This should be the easiest section for everyone.

[Topaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hate it here!!!! I hate it here!!!!!!!!

[Merima Kadić · Rating 3 out of 5]

The RC bible is a good way to become familiar with reading comprehension, but as most of the strategies and drills focused on note taking I did not find it to be as useful as the other two.

[Morgan Gallagher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hated every second. I never wanna comprehend ever again tbh.

[Ryann · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it and that’s what counts

[Bri B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m being generous with 2 stars.. chatgpt taught me everything i know about RC, this book sucked. Don’t waste your time, either teach yourself or hire a tutor

[Katie Atkinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

this has been my life for the past 2 months, just thought I’d share

[Moreen McGrath ❣️]

Here’s to hoping this wasn’t a big waste of my time!

[Ke · Rating 4 out of 5]

While it is true that the first section of this book is more prolix than the other volumes of the series, I still found it helpful.

It provided an organization system as to tackle the reading comprehension questions.

[Lily Bond · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather unnecessary prep book for LSAT.

[Eva D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful, I guess.

[Edgar Febles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just get logical reasoning book. This book is redundant.