Reading Comprehension · Comparative (Main Point)

PrepTest 154 · Section 3 · Question 7

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Comparative (Main Point)

The one idea it tests

A shared topic must be something both passages actually discuss, not something only one raises.

The basic logic

Write each passage's main claim in one line. Find the overlap. Then test each choice with the One-Passage check: does passage A talk about it? Does passage B?

Tiny words that decide it

“each”
“both”
“central”

Playground logic

Nadia says a good family-recipe remake needs changes on purpose; Priya says changes are nearly unavoidable when cooking her memories. Both are about why deliberate changes are a needed part of remaking a real dish.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Cooks, One Problem →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which is a main subject shared by Nadia's view and Priya's view?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 154, Section 3, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 7 in your official copy and answer it first.

Summarize each passage's bottom line in a short phrase. Look for the idea both share. For each choice, run the One-Passage check, and also check strength: a choice that overstates what either author claims, or highlights a point only one author makes, is out. Pick the choice both authors would sign.