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Reading Comprehension · Comparative (Mentioned and Illustrated)

PrepTest 144 · Section 1 · Question 21

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Comparative
The one idea it tests
This asks for something one passage talks about in general and the other actually shows happening.
The basic logic
Each choice must pass two checks: named or brought up by passage A, and acted out in passage B. Fail either check and it is out.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “mentioned”
  • “illustrated”
  • “both”

Playground logic

Passage A talks about tossing a rule out for good. Passage B actually does it: the family drops the Golden Rule for brownies. Lulu ticks two boxes on her clipboard.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 20–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Takes on Failed Tests →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which item gets a mention in Passage A and is shown happening in Passage B?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 144, Section 1, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

Make a two-column check. For each choice, find where passage A brings it up, then find where passage B shows it happening. Keep only a choice with a hit in both columns. Watch for choices that appear in just one passage, or that B shows but A never names.