Reading Comprehension · Comparative Relationship

PrepTest 132 · 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

Comparative Relationship

The one idea it tests

A single case can fail to fit a general trend without destroying the trend.

The basic logic

Restate the general trend from one passage. Then ask what the case in the other passage shows. Match the strength of your answer to the evidence: one exception doesn't prove or kill a rule.

Tiny words that decide it

“generalization”
“does not fit”
“in general”

Playground logic

Lulu's trend says more soccer means more stains. Priya's class played more soccer and got slightly fewer stains, so it goes against that trend without proving the trend false everywhere.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 15–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Grass Stain Study →

Step 3 · Try the model question

How does Priya's finding about Owen's class relate to Lulu's "more soccer, more stains" trend?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 132, 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.

Copy down the general trend in one line. Then write what direction the other passage's case moved. Same direction means support; opposite means it does not fit. Finally, size the claim: a single case rarely proves or disproves a general rule, so be wary of the strongest verbs.