Reading Comprehension · Principle

PrepTest 112 · Section 2 · Question 4

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Principle

The one idea it tests

Name the rule the author must be using to say the alternative does not qualify.

The basic logic

Collect the author's reasons for rejecting the supporters' claim. The principle is the 'only if' rule that those reasons all serve. It should cover both objections (who gets left out, and the lack of a varied mix of members) and should not be something the alternative already meets.

Tiny words that decide it

“only if”
“despite”

Playground logic

Lulu's hidden rule: a group counts as a homeroom-style team only if kids lean on each other even though they come from different families and like different things.

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

Which principle does Lulu most likely rely on to reject the fans' claim that the club could take homeroom's place?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 4 in your official copy and answer it first.

Write down each reason the author gives against the supporters. Ask what single 'only if' rule would make all of those reasons count. Test each choice: would the author's objections follow from it, and does the alternative actually fail it? Drop rules the alternative already satisfies or that the author never touches.