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Reading Comprehension · Weaken (RC)

PrepTest 156 · 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
Weaken (RC)
The one idea it tests
To cast doubt on a claimed link, show the expected effect did not happen when the cause showed up.
The basic logic
Identify the exact claim: a link between joining in and other group activity. The best weakener shows that adding the cause left the effect unchanged.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “likelier”
  • “since”
  • “unchanged”

Playground logic

Frankie claims puzzle kids are likelier to join helpers and vote. If the corner opened and voting did not budge, that link looks shaky.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Should the Class Jar Buy Puzzles? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which discovery would most undercut Frankie's claim about puzzlers and class activity?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 156, 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.

Pin down the exact claim being tested. Predict what you would see if the claim were false: the cause arrives but the effect stays flat. Pick the choice that shows that. Reject choices about turnout of the wrong activity, or ones that actually back the link.