Reading Comprehension · Main Point (Comparative)

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 13

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 (Comparative)

The one idea it tests

Find the one big job both passages share, not a detail from just one side.

The basic logic

Map each passage in a sentence. Look for the overlap. The right answer fits both maps, no more, no less.

Tiny words that decide it

“both”
“primarily”
“instead”

Playground logic

Passage A says the playground code stands in for the office form; Passage B says three unwritten rules stand in for the school's systems. The shared point: kid rules can replace official ones.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 13–20). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Forts, Folds, and the Rules Nobody Wrote Down →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Both kid passages are mainly concerned with which one of the following?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Write a one-line summary of each passage on your scratch paper. Circle what they share. Then test each choice: does it cover both passages? Cross off any choice that fits only one passage, or that is broader or narrower than the shared job. The survivor should be the common big idea.