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Reading Comprehension · Primary Purpose

PrepTest 113 · Section 1 · Question 20

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Primary Purpose
The one idea it tests
Primary Purpose matches the verb (defend, explain, compare) to what the whole passage does.
The basic logic
Map the passage: complaints first, then a reply, then the author's better model. When a passage answers critics, its purpose is a defense.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “criticisms”
  • “replied”
  • “better”

Playground logic

The passage starts with complaints about Nadia's strip and spends the rest answering them. Its purpose is to defend her strip.

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

The main purpose of the kid passage is to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 20 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 20 in your official copy and answer it first.

Sketch the Paragraph Map in four short labels. Ask what the whole sequence accomplishes and which verb fits it. Check that the right choice covers both the criticism and the response. Reject choices that are too narrow, that swap the author's side, or that claim a bigger thesis than the passage argues.