How to Write a Good Lnat Essay Text

Sample essay questions and suggested reading here are a few sample essay questions for you to think about. Remember that you get 40 minutes to write a maximum of 750 words ideally about 500 600 words. See download links at bottom of this page. how should judges be appointed? make the best case you can for public funding of the arts. answer does it matter if some animal and plant species die out? answer it is right that students should contribute to the cost of their degrees. Do you agree? what disciplinary sanctions should teachers be allowed to use? we must be prepared to sacrifice traditional liberties to defeat terrorism. Should the law require people to vote in general elections? should private cars be rationed? if so, how? what is political correctness and why does it matter? answer there are more essay topics on our practice tests. As part of your preparation you may also like to look at some materials on critical thinking. Fisher, critical thinking: an introduction   cambridge university press 2001 isbn 0521009847 r.

Van den brink budgen, critical thinking for students   how to books 20 isbn 1857036344 n. Gardner, new directions: reading, writing, and critical thinking cambridge university press 2006 isbn 0521541727 mainly for those who have english as a second language multiple choice question hints you may like to start by skim reading or speed reading the multiple choice passages. But then go back and read them slowly and deliberately, and think about the exact meaning of every sentence. So take everything in the passage at face value and give it all even handed attention.

Dont ever rely on what you know from other sources in answering the multiple choice questions. If it contains falsehoods, never mind treat them as true for the purpose of the test. If there are matters of degree, the question is there to test how you handle matters of degree.

If there are ambiguities, we are trying to find out how you cope with ambiguities. Remember that one of the hallmarks of a good multiple choice question is the inclusion of one or more answer options that are wrong but almost right. They are there to test whether your powers of discrimination are fine grained i.e.

If you really cant work out the answer, its better to eliminate the answers you know to be wrong and guess from the ones that are left. You can skip multiple choice questions and come back to them by marking them for review. Remember, though, that you need to go back to them before the multiple choice part of the test is over.

you cant go back to them after the essay. unlike some multiple choice tests the lnat does not put great emphasis on speed. We have designed it so that you have a reasonable amount of time to work through all the questions patiently. Pacing yourself correctly is one of the main things you can learn by taking our practice tests. An argument based on assumptions can be just as good as an argument based on information.

I will assume that the demand for health care is growing, and will continue to grow, out of proportion to supply. That being so, what can be done to ensure that rich countries dont monopolize it? we are also not very interested in your opinions. We are interested in whether you can defend a position which may or may not be your own personal position. Sometimes you may do better if you attempt to defend a position that you do not agree with personally. If you write much less than this your essay will be too short to be evaluated properly and you are unlikely to do well. But a very long essay will also put you at a disadvantage. this panel of text from the top of the page to the word disadvantage on the left is already about 600 words long. Dont say that each side in an argument has a point unless you go on to say which  point each side has.

It is perfectly all right to say that that one side is right about point 1, whereas the other side is right about point 2. It is also all right to say that, on closer inspection, the two sides are at cross purposes and dont really disagree. It is fence sitting only if you say that they do disagree, that there is only one point of disagreement, and yet that they both have a point on that point. read some sample essay answers here. advice from past candidates the more you practice the more you can understand what the questions are getting at tutoring doesnt help, its common sense. Read the sample paper on the internet site, seek advice from tutors at college or school and familiarise yourself with texts of a more advanced and complex nature. Also practice at being able to read subtle differences in things, for the multiple choice.