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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 104 · Section 2 · Question 1

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Main Point
The one idea it tests
The main point is the claim the whole passage works to support, usually stated early and explained at the end.
The basic logic
Find the author's big claim in the opening paragraph, then check the last paragraph: does it explain that claim? The middle paragraphs are the patty (evidence), not the top bun. The right answer joins the claim with its reason.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “yet”
  • “never”
  • “probably”
  • “because”

Playground logic

The passage opens by saying Nadia is a great inventor whom the Committee underrates, walks through her changes, and ends by explaining why: she does not fit the Committee's ladder. That claim plus its reason is the top bun.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Nadia, Inventor of Recess →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which choice best captures the central claim of the kid passage?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 104, Section 2, Question 1 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 1 in your official copy and answer it first.

Mark the author's opening claim and the final paragraph's explanation. Write your own one-sentence prediction that joins them. Cross off choices that blame the subject instead of the judges, that only restate a middle-paragraph detail, or that overstate influence. Pick the choice that holds both the claim and its reason.