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Reading Comprehension · Strengthen

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 3

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Strengthen
The one idea it tests
To back 'source X, not source Y,' show the feature appearing with X even when Y is absent.
The basic logic
The claim picks one likely source over a rival source. The best support finds cases that have the first source but lack the second and still show the feature. That separates the two suspects.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “more than”
  • “likely”
  • “even though”

Playground logic

The author says Nadia's opposites come from the rhymes, not from chess. If other kids who know the rhymes but never played chess also build opposites into their games, the rhyme explanation gets stronger.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Nadia's Board Games →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which fact, if true, would most support the kid passage's last sentence?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

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

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 3 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the last sentence and name its two rival sources. Ask: what fact would split them apart? Look for a choice where the favored source is present, the rival source is absent, and the feature still shows up. Skip choices that help the rival or that talk about the feature without linking it to either source.