Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 139 · Section 2 · Question 13

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 final, balanced verdict, not the critic's view alone and not the background.

The basic logic

Find where the author speaks in their own voice (often after 'still' or 'but' in the last paragraph). The right answer keeps both halves of a two-sided verdict.

Tiny words that decide it

“still”
“rightly”
“in fact”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, the top bun is the last sentence: Bucket Tag was a team effort, still Priya's part was crucial. Lulu's correction is only half the story.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 13–20). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Who Really Invented Bucket Tag? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which choice best states what the Bucket Tag passage is mainly saying?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 139, Section 2, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Skip the background paragraphs and go to the end, where the author gives a verdict. Note any 'still' or 'but' that balances two sides. Pick the choice that holds both sides at the right strength. Cross out choices that keep only the critic's half, only the leader's half, or that bring in a cause the passage never gives.