Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 113 · Section 1 · Question 14

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference

The one idea it tests

The author's own view is often shown by the model or comparison the author chooses to praise.

The basic logic

Use the Voice Tracker. Skip the critics' views and the creator's reply; look at what the author says in the later paragraphs. Ask what the author's comparison proves is possible.

Tiny words that decide it

“better”
“in like manner”
“never”

Playground logic

The author brings in double dutch because it borrows moves from other games and still works well. So the author clearly thinks mixing different kinds of moves can succeed.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 14–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Nadia's Attic Hero →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which view does the author of the kid passage seem to hold?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 14 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 14 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find where the author's own voice begins (usually after the critics and the subject's reply). Note what the author's chosen model is said to do well. The right answer restates what that model proves is possible. Cross out choices that need facts the passage never gives, and choices that flip the author's approving tone.