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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 112 · 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 author grants a small point to the other side and then says the bigger claim still fails.
The basic logic
Track the voices. The middle paragraph is the supporters talking. The author's own view starts at the turn in the final paragraph: a concession, then a 'but', then the reason that carries the most weight. The main point should hold both halves: what is granted and what still fails.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “although”
  • “but”
  • “nonetheless”

Playground logic

Lulu lets Marcus have one thing (the club is friendly), then says the club still is not a homeroom, mostly because its kids all chose the same hobby instead of being a real mix.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Lulu's Newsletter Column: Can a Club Replace Homeroom? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What is Lulu's main point in her column?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, 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.

Use the Voice Tracker: mark which paragraph belongs to the supporters and where the author's voice begins. Find the concession and the turn that follows. State the author's view in one sentence that includes both. Choose the answer that matches that sentence, and pass over choices that state the supporters' view, overstate the author's doubt, or grab only a side detail.