Reading Comprehension · Primary Purpose

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 19

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

Describe the whole passage's job in one abstract verb phrase.

The basic logic

Old view, then a newer view that fits a case better, then tests for it. That shape is offering an alternative.

Tiny words that decide it

“traditional”
“however”
“alternative”

Playground logic

The kid passage starts with the Handbook's old rule and then offers the Trade-Off Model in its place for the kickball field. That is the whole trip.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 13–19). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Tire Swing Wars →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Overall, the kid passage is mainly trying to

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 19 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 19 in your official copy and answer it first.

Use your Paragraph Map. Say the passage's arc in three abstract words (old view, new view, tests). Pick the verb that covers all of it. Reject choices that claim the author refutes, evaluates evidence, or criticizes research, since the author mostly presents. Match the gentle, presenting tone.