LSAT 131 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q16

LR Question 16 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: All poets, aside from those who write only epigrams

QUESTION TYPE: Parallel Reasoning

CONCLUSION: Azriel has wit.

REASONING: Lyrical composer → Poet → Wit

Exception: if poets write only epigrams, they don’t have wit.

Azriel is a lyrical composer who doesn’t write epigrams.

ANALYSIS: This is a good argument. It sets up conditions, and gives an exception. It then shows that Azriel meets the conditions and doesn’t fall into the exception.

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1. The exception is at the left of the diagram, so I skipped this. The original had the exception in the middle.
2. This gives us two conditions about politicians. The original had a chain of three statements. It didn’t say “Poets are witty, and all poets except the epigram ones are lyrical.”
3. This should have said “Will’s passport wasn’t diplomatic, so it was issued by this office.”
4. This should have said “all of the shirts on sale are winter garments. This shirt isn’t designer, so it is on sale.”
5. CORRECT. This matches. I’ve arranged the structure so you can see how it matches what I wrote in the Reasoning section:
   1. Townhouse → residential → subject to original fire code.
   2. Exception: residential buildings built last year aren’t subject to the fire code.
   3. Bloom House is a townhouse which wasn’t built last year.