Reading Comprehension · Comparative (Detail in both)

PrepTest 136 · 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

Comparative: detail in both

The one idea it tests

The answer must be mentioned, even briefly, in each passage.

The basic logic

Scan for methods described in each passage. One passage may mention two methods and the other only one. The answer is the overlap.

Tiny words that decide it

“some”
“others”
“both”

Playground logic

Grandpa mentions an agreed number of matching stripes; Lulu says some matchers count stripes. Stripe counting shows up in both.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Takes on the Sock Matcher →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Both passages refer to a way of matching socks in which matchers

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, 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.

List every method each passage mentions, even in passing. Circle the one that appears in both lists. Choose the answer that names it. Reject methods that appear in only one passage or in neither, even if the passage that mentions them spends a lot of time on them. Brief mentions count, so skim every paragraph.