Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 2

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

Ask why the author put this sentence here, not what it says.

The basic logic

A question that the author asks and then answers with 'but...' usually shows why an idea looks good before the author knocks it.

Tiny words that decide it

“at first”
“but”
“seems”

Playground logic

When the narrator asks 'what could be better than giving the most kids the most fun?', it is not a real question. It shows why the vote feels so natural, right before the word 'But' starts the attack.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Priya's Mystery Seat →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Why does the narrator ask, 'what could be better than giving the most kids the most fun?'

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 2 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the question in the opening paragraph and read the sentence right after it. Notice the turn word that follows. Ask: does the question make the old view sound good, bad, or unclear? Pick the choice that matches that job, and drop choices that claim the author is proving, refuting, or extending the view.