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Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 8

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Inference (Voice Tracker)
The one idea it tests
Pronouns like 'we' and 'our' reveal who the author is.
The basic logic
Look for clues about each author's place in the field: 'when I started' something, 'we who' do something, 'our colleagues.' Decide what each author belongs to, then match.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “we”
  • “our”
  • “I”

Playground logic

Aunt Rosa talks about 'our trade' and her own teaching; Ms. Rivera says 'we scientists who teach' and 'our future fellow scientists.' Each belongs to the field she writes about.

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

What do the kid passages most strongly suggest about the two authors?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Hunt each passage for first-person words: 'I,' 'we,' 'our,' 'us.' Note what activity or group each one ties the author to. Decide, for each author separately, which field she or he belongs to. Then match that pair of findings to the choices, checking both halves.