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Reading Comprehension · Function (paragraph)

PrepTest 101 · Section 4 · Question 13

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Function / Organization
The one idea it tests
What job does a paragraph do for the claim just before it?
The basic logic
Read the last sentence of the previous paragraph and the first words of this one. A signal like 'for example' or 'take' marks a Helper for that claim.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “for example”
  • “take”

Playground logic

P2's last line is a promise; P3 is the example that backs it up.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 9–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Class Bird Feeders →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The third paragraph of the kid passage (the finders-keepers case) is used to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 101, Section 4, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Read the end of the previous paragraph and the opening of this one. Look for a signal word that marks an example. Pre-phrase: 'gives an example of the claim just made.' Eliminate Saboteurs that say the paragraph shows a difficulty when it shows help, and Megaphones that stretch the example into a claim about most or all cases.