Point at Issue Questions

Last but not least, we arrive at Point at Issue questions, the thirteenth and final
question type on the LSAT. Point at Issue stimuli are comprised of two speakers
who disagree about an issue that is generally ethical or decision-oriented in
nature, not factual. The question stem directs you to choose the answer that
describes the point of disagreement between the two speakers, or to identify a
statement that the two speakers would disagree is true.
Point at Issue questions are a variant of Must Be True questions and are part of
the First Family Question type. Like all First Family questions, you can only
use the information in the stimulus to evaluate the answer choices. Accordingly,
the Fact Test applies to Point at Issue questions, with a modification accounting
for the two speaker construction. We will discuss this idea in more detail
momentarily.
The question stem of a Point at Issue question typically refers to a disagreement
or the point at issue between the two speakers.
Question stem examples:
“Which one of the following most accurately expresses the point at issue
between Tom and Mary?”
“Which one of the following most accurately represents what is at issue
between Jorge and Ruth?”
“The dialogue above lends the most support to the claim that Sherrie
and Fran disagree with each other about which one of the following
statements?”
“On the basis of their statement, Logan and Mendez are committed to
disagreeing over whether”