Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 112 · Section 2 · Question 16

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function (RC)

The one idea it tests

Ask why the author mentions something, not what it says.

The basic logic

An older focus shown at the start usually sets the stage: here is what people looked at, now here is the wider picture. Check whether the author attacks it or simply builds past it.

Tiny words that decide it

“generally”
“however”
“now”

Playground logic

Lulu mentions the green card's two jobs first so we know what the old note-takers looked at, then she widens the picture to the yellow and blue cards. She is not mocking the old notes, just building past them.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 15–20). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Card That Counts Crayons →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Why does the kid passage begin with the green card's two jobs?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 16 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 16 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find where the referenced idea sits: the opening sentence. Read the sentence right after it and notice the contrast word. Ask whether the author rejects the old focus or just widens it. Pick the choice that says the mention sets up earlier emphasis before the passage's own point. Cross off choices that add a fight or a summary the passage lacks.