Logical Reasoning · Main Conclusion

PrepTest 107 · Section 3 · Question 2

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Main Conclusion

The one idea it tests

The real point can sit in the middle, with an agreed background goal before it and a 'therefore' middle bun after it.

The basic logic

Sort each sentence onto the Job Board. An already-agreed goal is Background. The recommendation everything else supports is the Boss. A late 'therefore' line can be a Middle Manager that supports the Boss, not the Boss itself.

Tiny words that decide it

“agreed”
“best”
“therefore”

Playground logic

Kevin's bottom bun: the club already agreed it must grow. His top bun: fixing up the treehouse is the smartest way to get members. His late 'so' line about cozy hideouts is only a middle bun that holds up that top bun.

Step 2 · The kid story

Kevin's Dinosaur Club Plan

Kevin stands on a stump at recess. 'Our Dinosaur Club has to get bigger or it will go extinct, like a T. rex! We all agreed we need new members. And the smartest way to get them is to fix up the old treehouse. More families are moving onto our street. Lots of kids like clubs. Rainy recesses keep getting soggier, and a playground is no fun in mud. So kids want clubs with a cozy, dry hideout!' He takes a breath. 'Also, pineapple pizza at meetings.' Priya taps her juice box. 'Kevin, what's your point?' 'The treehouse!' 'Right. The getting-bigger part was already agreed. The cozy hideout part is a reason. Your point is: fix the treehouse.' Kevin grins. 'That's what I said. Eventually.'

Step 3 · Try the model question

Kevin: Our club must grow, and we agreed to look for new members. The smartest way to get them is to fix up the old treehouse. More kids are moving here, and rainy recesses make the playground muddy. So kids want a club with a cozy, dry hideout.

What is Kevin mainly trying to prove?

Step 4 · The courtroom tale

The Bakery Zoning Hearing

At a town hearing, a bakery's lawyer spoke fast. 'Everyone agrees the bakery needs more customers. The best move is to open a side window for walk-up orders. Foot traffic is rising, lines inside are long, and parking is scarce. So people want quick, easy pickup.' The judge peered over her glasses. 'Counsel, which of those is your request?' Mr. Whitfield, sitting in the gallery, whispered to his niece: 'Watch. The need for customers was already agreed: background. The quick pickup line is a helper. The thing she wants us to approve is the window.' The lawyer cleared her throat. 'The window, Your Honor.' Whitfield smiled. 'Every reason points at one place. That place is the point.'

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 107, Section 3, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Label every sentence on the Job Board before reading the choices. Mark any goal described as already agreed as Background. Find the recommendation that the evidence is lined up behind. Check any late 'therefore' line: ask whether it supports another claim; if so, it is a Middle Manager. Use the Why Test: the Boss is the claim that the other lines answer 'why?' for. Pick the choice matching it.