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Vera
Verbal Flashcards

Say why the wrong answer is wrong.

Argument structure drilled aloud, where flaws become obvious.

Reviewing answers you got right teaches you nothing. Explaining them does.

What Vera actually is

A phone call with someone who is not there. You say the thing out loud, they answer the way a real person would, and you get to do it again — as many times as it takes, with nobody listening.

1She calls youA real phone call, about ten seconds after you tap. Lock screen, headphones, car — wherever you take calls.
2She plays the other personNot a coach reading tips. LSAT Logical Reasoning Practice, with someone on the other end who answers back.
3She pushes when you are vagueFollow-up questions, interruptions when you ramble, and a straight read at the end on what landed.
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“What if I am bad at it?”Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.
“What if I do not know what to say?”She asks first and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.
“What if it is awkward?”It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

Not practising doesn’t save you anything.

The ticket, the evening, the weeks of applying — all of it is spent before anyone says a word. The practice is the only cheap part, and the only part that changes how the rest goes.

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What she'll actually ask

She asks these the way a real person would, then follows up on whatever you say.

  1. What is the conclusion, and what supports it?
  2. Name the flaw before you pick an answer.
  3. Why is that answer choice wrong, specifically?
  4. What assumption is the argument making?
  5. What would weaken this most?
More about this one

LSAT improvement comes almost entirely from review, and review works only when you can articulate why each wrong answer is wrong. Most people skip that step because it is slow and uncomfortable, and their scores plateau. Speaking the reasoning is faster than writing it and much harder to fake. Vera works through argument structure with you and asks for the flaw before the answer.

What she listens for

Flaw namingFlaws recur across the exam and naming them makes them visible.
Conclusion identificationMost errors trace back to misidentifying the conclusion.
Wrong-answer articulationVague dislike of a choice is not the same as knowing why it fails.
  • LSAT logical reasoning
  • argument structure
  • necessary assumption
  • flaw questions
  • strengthen and weaken
  • conclusion identification
  • blind review
  • answer choice elimination
“Blind review out loud was miserable and took my score up four points in a month. Writing it out never worked.”
Jordan L.

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Common questions

Can it do logic games?

Not well — games need a diagram. Logical reasoning suits verbal work much better.

What is blind review?

Reworking questions before checking answers, articulating your reasoning fully. Doing it aloud makes it faster and harder to skip.

How long per session?

Twenty minutes on five or six stimuli, done properly, beats a full section skimmed.

What if I am bad at it?

Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.

What if I do not know what to say?

She asks the first question and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.

What if it is awkward?

It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

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Your first 15 minutes are free. No card required.

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