Reading Comprehension · Comparative

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 9

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Comparative (Detail)

The one idea it tests

Find the trait both authors pin on their field's writing.

The basic logic

Each passage describes what its field's writing is usually like. Find the description in each and look for the single word that fits both. Watch for words that describe the fix, not the problem.

Tiny words that decide it

“typical”
“each”
“indicate”

Playground logic

Rosa's cards are only grams and minutes, a cake as a math problem; Ms. Rivera's reports cut out the story. Both describe bare facts stripped of feeling.

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

Both kid passages say writing in their field is typically marked by which of these?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 9 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 9 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the sentence in each passage that describes how its field's writing usually reads. Translate each into one plain word. Pick the choice that fits both descriptions. Eliminate words that name the remedy the authors want, or a trait only one passage mentions.