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Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 3

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
Examples are there to show the kinds of new words that slipped in.
The basic logic
Look right before the examples. The sentence they serve tells you their job.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “such as”
  • “some”
  • “others”

Playground logic

The Elm Park passage says the special words are mostly nicknames, then gives a borrowed word and a mash-up. Those examples show the two ways outside words got into the park's talk.

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

The kid passage mentions "offside" and "the Swamp" mainly in order to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 3 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 3 in your official copy and answer it first.

Reread the sentence just before the examples and ask what it claims. The examples serve that claim. Then check the paragraph's direction: the author is taking the view apart, so be wary of any choice that makes the examples support the view or that overstates their reach.