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Reading Comprehension · Inference (Agreement of two voices)

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 4

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Inference
The one idea it tests
Both voices must agree. Use the Voice Tracker: the thinker's view and the author's view are not always the same.
The basic logic
Find a point where the author speaks for himself and agrees with the thinker. Watch for a spot where the author pulls away ('unfortunately'): anything there is the thinker's alone.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “both”
  • “unfortunately”
  • “incredibly”

Playground logic

Priya and the narrator both reject the vote that lets the many stomp on Kevin. But only Priya likes taking extra turns from kids who have plenty; the narrator calls that 'the trouble.'

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

Priya and the narrator would most likely both accept which statement?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 4 in your official copy and answer it first.

Tag every opinion sentence as the thinker's or the author's. Find the spots where the author openly sides with the thinker and the spot where he worries. The right choice sits in the overlap. Cross out any choice tied to the part the author regrets, and any that only one voice holds.