Reading Comprehension · Weaken

PrepTest 104 · Section 2 · Question 6

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Weaken (RC)

The one idea it tests

To weaken an explanation, show the cause is present where the effect is missing.

The basic logic

Find the author's explanation (the cause) for the critics' reaction (the effect). The best weakener shows other cases with the same cause but the opposite effect. That pops the burger's link.

Tiny words that decide it

“probably”
“because”
“explanation”

Playground logic

The author says the Committee dislikes Nadia because she keeps switching styles. If the Committee loves other kids who switch styles just as wildly, that explanation sags.

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, if true, would do the most damage to the author's account of why the Committee scores Nadia low?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 104, Section 2, Question 6 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 6 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the final paragraph's explanation and boil it down to one cause. Ask what would show that cause does not produce the reaction. Look for a choice describing other cases that share the cause yet get the opposite treatment. Reject choices about side features or ones that actually support the author.