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Reading Comprehension · Weaken

PrepTest 128 · Section 1 · 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
Weaken
The one idea it tests
The author's case against harsh punishment rests on a claim about outcomes; attack that claim.
The basic logic
Find the author's main support: the harsh approach hurts the wider group, and the lenient one helps it. A weakener shows the harsh approach actually goes with better outcomes for the whole group. Answers about single cases or later behavior of individuals do less.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “most”
  • “if true”
  • “greater”

Playground logic

The garden author says benching hurts the whole garden. If gardens that still bench kids actually grow more, that pops the author's main support.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Garden Help Plan →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Suppose each choice below is true. Which one hurts the garden author's case against benching the most?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 128, Section 1, 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.

Name the author's conclusion and the main reason behind it, usually a claim about what is best for the whole group. Look for the choice that attacks that reason across the board, ideally by comparing similar groups. Cross off choices about one isolated case, or that leave the overall comparison untouched or help the author.