Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 153 · Section 1 · 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

Inference

The one idea it tests

A word like 'started to develop' supports a claim about a growing trend.

The basic logic

Look at the last paragraph's turn. If a preference is spreading even when substitutes exist, infer that more people are picking the original over the substitute.

Tiny words that decide it

“have started”
“even as”
“growing”

Playground logic

The writer says more and more kids collect new crayons in certain colors even though remelts in those colors are easy to get. So more and more kids pick new over remelt for those colors.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Crayon Rescue →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which statement does the kid passage back up best?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 153, Section 1, 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.

Find the sentences about the newest trend and note the verbs of change. Prefer the choice that restates that trend modestly. Anything resting on facts the passage never gives is the Stranger, however reasonable it sounds.