LSAT 149 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Rose: Let’s not see the movie Winter Fields. I caught…

QUESTION TYPE: Point at Issue

ARGUMENTS: Rose said he read a bad review of Winter Fields in the local paper.

Chester says he doesn’t understand why a badly written review would make Rose not want to see Winter Fields. And besides the writing in the paper tends to be lousy.

ANALYSIS: Chester misinterprets “the worst” (or “badly written”, as I paraphrased it). Rose is saying the reviewer didn’t like the movie and said the movie is bad. Chester misinterprets this to mean the review itself was poorly written, and doesn’t see how this relates to the movie’s quality.

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1. Both people use see the movie in the same sense: go to the movie.
2. “Caught a review” is non-standard English, but it’s perfectly clear and sometimes said. Rose meant that she read a review, and Chester correctly understood this.
3. Chester understood that Rose was referring to a newspaper. He also refers to it by saying “that paper”.
4. CORRECT. See the analysis above. Chester thought Rose meant the review was poorly written, whereas she meant the paper didn’t like the movie.
5. Chester correctly understood that Rose meant she hadn’t read something so bad in a long time, and that what she read was worse than average.

Recap: The question begins with “Rose: Let’s not see the movie Winter Fields I caught”. It is a Point at Issue question. Learn more about LSAT Point at Issue questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.