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Reading Comprehension · Primary Purpose

PrepTest 125 · Section 3 · Question 13

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Primary Purpose
The one idea it tests
Primary Purpose names what the author is trying to do overall, in one verb.
The basic logic
Pick the verb first: explain, refute, compare, describe? Then check the object. This author corrects a misreading and shows what was really driving the work, so think explain or clarify.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “really”
  • “actually”
  • “purpose”

Playground logic

The kid author keeps telling us what Grandpa was really doing and why, past the usual story.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–15). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandpa's Fish-Stick Feast →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Mostly, the kid passage aims to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 125, Section 3, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Sum each paragraph's job in a word. Ask what single verb covers them all. Match the verb first, then the object. Watch for verbs that are too strong (refute) or that describe a different shape (two theories, change over time) than the passage actually has.