Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 115 · Section 3 · Question 2

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function

The one idea it tests

An example earns its spot by proving the sentence right before it.

The basic logic

Go to the quoted words, then read the claim just above them. The example exists to illustrate that claim. Ask: what is this example an example of?

Tiny words that decide it

“for example”
“on the other hand”
“moreover”

Playground logic

Nadia's borrowed noodle trick sits right after the line saying each cook found a personal voice. So it shows her personal way of cooking, not the town's recipes.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–8). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Big Pot Cooks of Maple Street School →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The kid passage mentions Nadia's noodle-folding trick mainly to give an example of

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 115, Section 3, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 2 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the cited words and read two sentences before them. Name the claim they serve in your own words before looking at choices. Pick the choice that matches that claim. Watch for choices that pull in ideas from a different paragraph or that name a technique the example does not show.