Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 116 · Section 1 · Question 9

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function (paragraph)

The one idea it tests

A paragraph full of 'for example' contrasts usually exists to illustrate a claim made just before it.

The basic logic

Read the paragraph's first line and its 'where X saw..., Y saw...' pairs. Ask what earlier claim they back up. The right answer names illustration of the group's different view.

Tiny words that decide it

“for example”
“where”
“case in point”

Playground logic

The fence and pinecone pairs show that the kindergartners saw value where the monitors saw junk. The paragraph's job is to give examples of that fresh view.

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

Why does the writer include the paragraph about the back fence and the pinecones?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 9 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 9 in your official copy and answer it first.

Read the target paragraph's opening and notice its 'where one group saw..., another saw...' pattern. Ask which earlier claim it supports. Pick the choice that names illustration of that claim. Reject choices that turn the examples into a quarrel among scholars, a claim about missing records, or a claim that old and new sources clash.