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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 6

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 author's own finding is the heart: the special case may be less special than it looks.
The basic logic
Separate the opening analogy, others' views, and the author's own result. The main point is the author's claim, with the puzzle as the setup.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “but”
  • “although”
  • “may”

Playground logic

The cake passage starts with a puzzle (the recipe seems perfectly tuned) and then the author shows many other great recipes exist. The point: the cake may be less of a lucky one-off than it seems.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandma's Perfect Lemon Cake →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The central claim of the kid passage is that

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 6 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 6 in your official copy and answer it first.

Use the Voice Tracker: mark the opening comparison, the experts' explanation, and the author's 'my colleague and I' paragraph. The main point should hold the author's own claim, set against the puzzle. Reject choices that repeat only the experts' view, only the analogy, or only the final paragraph.