Reading Comprehension · Analogy

PrepTest 153 · Section 4 · Question 21

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Analogy

The one idea it tests

Match the shape of a claim, not its topic.

The basic logic

Boil the cited sentence down: one condition is the foundation every other condition depends on, so without it the others mean little. Find the choice with that same 'base layer' structure.

Tiny words that decide it

“only if”
“every other”
“without”

Playground logic

Priya says keeping your word is the floor under every other limit; the handbook means nothing without it. One thing holds up all the rest.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 14–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Must Recess Captains Keep Their Word? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which is most similar to Priya's claim that keeping your word is the floor under every other limit on captains?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 153, Section 4, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

Restate the cited sentence in abstract form: one requirement must hold before any other requirement can matter. Then test each choice for that layered shape. Ignore subject matter. Reject choices that only list several needs, or that talk about honesty or rules without making one condition the base for the rest.