Reading Comprehension · Meaning in Context

PrepTest 151 · Section 1 · Question 2

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Meaning in Context

The one idea it tests

A key term is defined by the passage itself, so find what the passage says decides it.

The basic logic

Look at how the passage contrasts the term with its opposite. The dividing line is usually who does the act, not what it does or why.

Tiny words that decide it

“but not”
“rather than”
“whose”

Playground logic

The kid passage splits officer rules from kid deals by who is acting: an officer, or kids on their own.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Sticker Notebook Ruling →

Step 3 · Try the model question

In the kid passage, what decides whether something counts as an officer rule rather than a kid deal?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 151, Section 1, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 2 in your official copy and answer it first.

Go to the cited line and read the sentences around it. Find where the passage says what the key term applies to and what it does not apply to. Write the dividing line in your own words. Then ask which question would settle that line. Ignore choices about effects or reasons that the passage never uses as the test.