Reading Comprehension · Detail (EXCEPT)

PrepTest 152 · Section 3 · Question 8

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Detail EXCEPT

The one idea it tests

Four choices are parts of the scholar's definition; one is the very feature that clashes with it.

The basic logic

List the definition's parts from the opening sentences. The odd one out is likely a trait of the misfit category, not of the definition.

Tiny words that decide it

“EXCEPT”
“defines”
“avoided”

Playground logic

Grandpa's rule includes clear pieces, turn-by-turn order, a self-contained world and no box gimmicks. The dance breaks belong to the party games that trouble his rule.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandpa and the Wiggle Race →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Each of the following is part of Grandpa's rule for classic games EXCEPT:

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 152, Section 3, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Reread the sentences where the scholar's definition is laid out and list its parts. Check each choice against that list and cross off every match. The one left over does not belong to the definition, and it is usually the feature the author raises as a problem for it.