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Reading Comprehension · Comparative

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 7

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Comparative (both passages)
The one idea it tests
The right answer must be true of each passage, not just one.
The basic logic
State each author's main concern in one line. Find the overlap. Test every choice against Passage A and then against Passage B; one miss knocks it out.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “each”
  • “both”
  • “could benefit”

Playground logic

Aunt Rosa wants recipe cards with feeling, and Ms. Rivera thinks stories could help lab reports. Both believe their field's writing would get better with more story.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Teachers on Dry Writing →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which of these do both kid passages show?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 7 in your official copy and answer it first.

Write a one-line summary of each author's view before reading choices. Then run each choice through a two-step check: true for A? true for B? Discard any choice that fits only one, and any that overstates what both say. The right answer is usually the shared core concern, worded moderately.