Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 117 · 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

The author's thesis explains why something declined; the right answer names both causes the author stresses.

The basic logic

Track the twist in the first paragraph and the verdict in the last. The thesis usually joins a stubborn mindset with a failure to face practical facts.

Tiny words that decide it

“because”
“in part”
“so”

Playground logic

The kid passage says the movement faded because its fans clung to their ideas and ignored how games really ran. That pairing is the main point.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 21–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Rise and Fall of the Show-Every-Call Movement →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one of the following best sums up the kid passage's central idea?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 117, 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.

Map each paragraph's job, then read the first and last paragraphs together. The author's verdict explains a decline. Pick the answer that names the causes the author stresses most, both the mindset and the practical mismatch. Reject answers that reverse cause and effect between ideas and practice or that focus on why the movement began.