Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 121 · Section 2 · Question 1

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 is the author's turn: the old labels need rethinking, not any one example

The basic logic

Spot the pivot word that starts the author's own view, then pick the answer that covers both the rethink and the reason for it without overstating

Tiny words that decide it

“however”
“calls for”
“may”

Playground logic

The first two paragraphs are the old belief (the bottom bun). Priya's 'we should rethink both beliefs' is the top bun, and the new cafeteria plus last spring's history are the patty.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Lunchroom Puzzle →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one of the following best states the central claim of the kid passage?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 1 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 1 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the word where the author stops reporting the standard view and starts giving a personal view. State that view in one line. Then pick the choice that covers the rethink of both views and the changed conditions. Cross out choices that go further than the author's 'may' or that fit only one paragraph.