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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 115 · Section 1 · Question 21

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Main Point
The one idea it tests
When a passage lays out two camps and then the author speaks, the main point is the author's own verdict and proposal.
The basic logic
Use the Voice Tracker: the first paragraphs belong to the camps; the author's voice starts when the passage evaluates the standoff. Find the author's diagnosis (why they can't talk) and remedy (what would be needed). The right answer joins the two.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “but”
  • “only”
  • “then”

Playground logic

Marcus and Priya own P1 and P2. Lulu's top bun is that the sides seem impossible to bring together, yet checking how trustworthy each way of knowing is could give them a common place to start.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 21–28). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Lulu's Clipboard News: The Great Fun Debate →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What is Lulu's main point?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 115, Section 1, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

Mark where each camp speaks and where the author's own voice begins. Summarize the author's diagnosis of the standoff and the remedy in one sentence. Pick the choice that matches both. Reject choices that speak for one camp, that declare a winner, or that claim the dispute is settled already.