Reading Comprehension · Weaken

PrepTest 112 · 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 (passage argument)

The one idea it tests

Pick one of the author's objections and pull out the fact it stands on.

The basic logic

The last paragraph holds more than one argument. Find one that rests on a fact that could change. A choice that removes that fact weakens that argument, even if it leaves the other one alone.

Tiny words that decide it

“one of”
“if true”
“because”

Playground logic

One of Lulu's arguments: stickers cost money, so some kids are left out. If stickers became free for everyone, that argument loses its footing.

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

Suppose each choice were true. Which would most undercut one of Lulu's arguments in her closing paragraph?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, 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.

Split the author's last paragraph into its separate arguments. For each, name the fact it relies on. Then look for the choice that knocks out one of those facts. Remember the stem says 'one of', so the right answer can leave the other argument untouched. Skip choices that help the author or talk about something neither argument uses.