Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 1

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 passage's job is to knock down the support for a view, claim by claim.

The basic logic

Find the view under attack and notice that every later paragraph tests one of its supports. The main point covers the whole attack, not one paragraph.

Tiny words that decide it

“first”
“second”
“however”
“therefore”

Playground logic

The Elm Park passage sets up the coaches' two reasons, then pokes holes in each one. Its point: neither reason holds up, so the new-game idea is weak.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Is Elm Park Kickball Its Own Game? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one of the following best captures the central claim of the kid passage?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 1 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 1 in your official copy and answer it first.

Ask whose view is being tested and whose voice wins. Count how many supports the passage examines and check that each is rejected. Pick the choice that covers every rejection, not one that rests the case on a single detail, flips the verdict, or invents agreement among experts.