Reading Comprehension · Detail (comparative)

PrepTest 147 · Section 2 · Question 7

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Detail (comparative)

The one idea it tests

Find a fact that one passage states outright and the other never mentions.

The basic logic

This is a pure scan. For each choice, search passage B for it, then search passage A. Only a choice found in B and missing from A survives.

Tiny words that decide it

“stated”
“not”
“only”

Playground logic

Priya says soil feeds plants through fungus threads. Grandpa never says a word about how soil feeds plants.

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

Which is stated in Piece B but not in Piece A?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 7 in your official copy and answer it first.

Treat this as a two-step scan. Check each choice against passage B first; cross out anything not stated there. For the survivors, scan passage A, including its explanations and background lines. If A mentions it too, cross it out. Explicit means stated, so do not count ideas you have to infer.