Reading Comprehension · Inference (audience)

PrepTest 147 · Section 2 · Question 5

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference (audience)

The one idea it tests

Use style and tone to guess who each passage is written for.

The basic logic

Clues to audience: does the writer say 'you'? Assume shared experience? Explain basic terms? A writer who speaks to 'you' as someone who has done the thing is talking to insiders; one who explains everything is writing for anyone.

Tiny words that decide it

“you”
“each”
“most likely”

Playground logic

Grandpa writes 'your new plants' and 'you watered timidly': he is talking to gardeners. Priya explains what threads do from scratch: she writes for any reader.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–7). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Second-Crop Riddle →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Judging by style and tone, who is each piece most likely written for?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 5 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 5 in your official copy and answer it first.

For each passage, list style clues: second person, assumed experience, defined terms, tone. Decide the audience before reading choices. Then check both halves of each pair: a choice must be right about BOTH passages. Half-right pairs are Half-Sandwiches.