RC Trap Answers: Extreme, Out-of-Scope, Wrong Viewpoint & Half-Right
RC Trap Answers: Extreme, Out-of-Scope, Wrong Viewpoint & Half-Right
A full day organizing every RC trap pattern encountered so far into one reference, directly extending the trap library with RC-specific entries.
The Four RC Traps, Side by Side
| Trap | Tell |
|---|---|
| RC-EXTREME | Strength words ("always," "never") stronger than the passage supports |
| RC-OUT-OF-SCOPE | A claim or topic the passage never actually discusses |
| RC-WRONG-VIEWPOINT | True passage language attributed to the wrong speaker |
| RC-HALF-RIGHT | One correct clause paired with one incorrect or unsupported clause |
Practice explicitly naming which trap a wrong answer used, every time, for the rest of Phase 3 — this is the same elimination discipline from Day 16, applied to RC.
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. An RC answer choice is correct about the first half of its claim but adds an unsupported second clause. What trap is this?
LawHub drill-tier RC passage, untimed. For every wrong answer eliminated, name the specific trap from the table above.
Saturday: your third full timed RC section, checking cumulative progress across all four domains.