Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 20

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Main Point

The one idea it tests

The main point is the author's answer to the critics, covering both parts.

The basic logic

Find the sentence where the author pushes back on the critics. The body paragraphs each support one half of it, so the right answer covers both halves.

Tiny words that decide it

“in fact”
“however”
“does not follow”

Playground logic

Priya's top bun is: Marcus's two strange results do not follow from the Box Doubters' idea. Her two paragraphs are the patty, one per result.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 20–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Do You Have to Obey the Box? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What is Priya's main point in the kid passage?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 20 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 20 in your official copy and answer it first.

Use the Voice Tracker: separate the common view, the theory, the critics, and the author. Find where the author answers the critics. Check that your choice covers both body paragraphs, not just one. Reject choices that voice the critics, that cover only half, or that wrongly claim the theory agrees with the common view.