Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 147 · Section 2 · Question 19

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function

The one idea it tests

A Function question asks why a piece is there; here a borrowed idea sets up the author's own proposal.

The basic logic

Ask what the next paragraphs do with this scholar's idea. If the author picks up the motive and builds a hypothesis on it, the idea is groundwork, not a target and not the source of the full hypothesis.

Tiny words that decide it

“if we apply”
“may change”
“in order”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, Grandpa's claim about kids avoiding scary things is brought in so Lulu can build her trail story on it.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 15–22). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Bald Spots on the Big Field →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Why does the kid passage mention Grandpa's view?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 19 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 19 in your official copy and answer it first.

Read the paragraph after the cited view and ask how the author uses it. Note whether the scholar spoke about the exact issue or only about a general motive. Choose the job that matches: setup for the author's own idea. Eliminate jobs that make the cited view the target, an example of the doubted view, or the author's own hypothesis.