Reading Comprehension · Attitude

PrepTest 143 · Section 2 · Question 2

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Attitude

The one idea it tests

Find how strongly one voice in the passage pushes back on another voice.

The basic logic

Use the Voice Tracker: collect every signal word the second voice uses about the first. A small concession does not soften a flat 'no' on the main claim.

Tiny words that decide it

“concedes”
“unlike”
“but”

Playground logic

Priya grants one tiny point, then calls Marcus's core idea plain wrong, so her stance is a full no, not a gentle one.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–7). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Stamp Kits on the Playground →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Priya's stance toward Marcus's main claim is best described as

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 143, Section 2, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 2 in your official copy and answer it first.

Track the second voice through the passage. Underline any concession, then underline what it says about the first voice's central claim. Weigh the central claim more than the concession. Choose the strength that matches; beware answers that turn a firm no into something mild just because of one polite admission.