RC Question-Type Taxonomy & Where Each Answer Lives
RC Question-Type Taxonomy
Ten weeks of maintenance days covered RC types one at a time. Today assembles them into a single map — the RC equivalent of Day 5's LR family map.
The Full Taxonomy
| Type | Where the answer lives |
|---|---|
| Main Point / Primary Purpose | Your whole-passage synthesis, not one paragraph |
| Detail / Specific Reference | A specific, locatable sentence — use your map to navigate there |
| Inference | Combining two or more stated claims |
| Author's Attitude / Tone | Evaluative language, often near (not necessarily inside) the reported viewpoint |
| Function | Local context around the referenced detail |
| Analogy / Application | Matching the underlying relationship, not the topic |
| Strengthen / Weaken / Principle in RC | An argument embedded in the passage, treated like an LR stimulus |
| Comparative-specific | The relationship between the two passages, not either one alone |
Practice items on this page are curriculum-authored in LSAT style; they are not official LSAC questions. Real drilling happens on LawHub — see the assignment below.
Q1. A question asks you to combine a claim in paragraph 1 with a claim in paragraph 3 to reach a conclusion the passage never states outright. What type is this?
Correct answer: B. Combining separately-stated claims to reach an unstated-but-supported conclusion is the definition of an Inference question.
LawHub drill-tier RC passage, untimed. Before answering each question, name its type from the taxonomy above.
A light first LR maintenance day tomorrow, then Main Point/Primary Purpose/Organization revisited with fresh depth Wednesday.