Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 116 · Section 1 · Question 8

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

The main point joins the new view of evidence to the group it helps us understand.

The basic logic

The first paragraph is background; the turn comes with 'but.' The examples later are support. The right answer names both the widened idea of evidence and why it is needed, without claiming more than the author does.

Tiny words that decide it

“but”
“because”
“cannot”

Playground logic

Lulu's top bun: to tell the kindergartners' part of playground history, the class must count what they did, not just what was written. The fence and pinecones are patty.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Who Built Recess? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which choice best captures what the recess passage is mainly saying?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Map the passage: background, the turn, an example, then the payoff. Put the turn and the payoff together in one sentence of your own. Choose the answer that matches it at the same strength. Eliminate choices that claim a debate, a contradiction, or a verdict about old sources that the author never makes.