Reading Comprehension · Strengthen

PrepTest 145 · Section 3 · 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

Strengthen

The one idea it tests

To strengthen 'high quality on one scale, lower on another,' add cases where the two scales split the same way.

The basic logic

Find the exact claim: visible excellence does not guarantee the deeper value. Support it with fresh examples where things look excellent but still are not counted as great.

Tiny words that decide it

“without”
“equally”
“never”
“often”

Playground logic

Priya claims a plane can fly beautifully and still not be a great invention. A new group of planes that fly wonderfully but are never counted as inventions would back her up.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Loop Dart Mix-Up →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which fact, if true, would best back up Priya's claim that a plane can fly wonderfully without being a great invention?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 145, Section 3, 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.

Restate the exact contention the question names in one line with its two scales. Then look for a choice giving new cases that score high on the first scale and low on the second. Reject anything that does not show that exact split.