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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 123 · 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 point is a reply to the critics, not the critics' views.
The basic logic
Use the Voice Tracker: two critics talk first, then the author steps in. The top bun is the author's verdict on both criticisms and why they go wrong.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “although”
  • “but”
  • “in fact”

Playground logic

Marcus and Sharon criticize the buddies, but Priya's point is that both complaints come from the Newer-Is-Better Trap and get the past wrong.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 21–26). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: In Defense of the Walking Buddies →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What is the kid passage mainly trying to say?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 123, 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.

Tag each paragraph by voice: critic, critic, author, author. The main point lives in the author's voice and answers the critics. The right choice mentions the criticisms and the author's judgment of them. Reject choices that state a critic's view as the point, praise the historical group's results too strongly, or invent motives the author never claims.