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Reading Comprehension · Primary Purpose

PrepTest 128 · 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
Primary Purpose
The one idea it tests
Purpose is the author's main job across the whole passage, stated as a verb plus the big claim.
The basic logic
Find the claim in the first sentences that the rest of the passage supports. Choose the verb that fits (argue, advance, explain) and make sure the content covers the whole passage, not one example.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “argue”
  • “advance”
  • “explain”

Playground logic

The kid author opens with the claim that today's wants shape club stories and spends the rest proving it, so the purpose is to put forward that claim.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 14–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Secret History of the Recess Clubs →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The kid passage is mainly written in order to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 128, 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.

Read the opening claim and the closing paragraph together. Ask what the author is doing from start to finish. Check that your choice's verb matches the author's tone and that its content covers all the examples, not just one. Eliminate answers that shrink the passage to one example or that invent a proposal the author never makes.