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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 147 · Section 3 · 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
Main Point
The one idea it tests
The main point is the author's overall conclusion, which often arrives after a 'but' or as a closing question.
The basic logic
Track the turn: the author grants that a strict rule seems fair, then shows how it backfires, then proposes something more practical. The main point must include both the problem with the strict approach and the push for a smarter one.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “but”
  • “suppose”
  • “wouldn't”

Playground logic

The comic passage admits the no-take-home rule seemed fair, shows how it backfired, and ends by favoring a flexible lending system. The point: saving what can be learned needs more than a flat ban.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Attic Comics →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which choice best sums up what the comic passage is arguing?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 3, 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.

Use the Voice Tracker: separate views the author reports from the author's own view. Find the turn word and the final question; that is where the author speaks. State the main point before reading choices. Choose the answer that covers the author's whole move, not just background facts or one example, and that keeps the author's strength of claim.