#feedback I wish they could mark the "you try" questions as "seen".

@lzagrodnik It makes sense given that before the "you try" questions, Kevin breaks down the passage piece by piece. We also have all the time in the world to analyze each paragraph. So, we have a strong understanding of the passage before even going into the questions.

@Alyssam can't it be both? perspective style: critique or debate, and engagement style: spotlight?

From this paragraph, how do you know that this is leaning toward spotlight rather than problem-analysis (problem = critics miss the point)? Bc I thought that the author's purpose for spotlight is about informing/explaining and problem-analysis is more about persuading. This paragraph seems persuasive to me

Can a passage be both problem-analysis and spotlight at the same time?

I know that (A) would be wrong either way, but how do we know that Chopin's work attempted to explore aspects of FEMALE consciousness? Was the gender of her protagonist mentioned?

@MichelleSilos I think it has to do with the timing (if you go significantly over or under the target time) for that question

Do "describe organization" questions typically describe the organization paragraph by paragraph? Or do they break it down even further?

@IsabellaP To me, main point is WHAT the author wrote, distilled into a sentence, and the purpose is WHY the author wrote it. The two are related

#feedback It would be helpful to present the entire paragraph at once before any commentary.

How important is it to be critical as we read? I didn't pick up on the question that Kevin asked, but I think I would've noticed it for LR ("Are the “imported programs” mentioned in the study imported from industrialized countries or other developing countries? Presumably they’re from industrialized countries (otherwise the study is irrelevant), but I don’t know for sure.")

#feedback It would be helpful to include the first paragraph above the second

@nnkNewYork That's why I don't think this is a true "stated" question. It seems like the answer to the question that (B) poses was strongly implied rather than must be true.

Seems like your explanation for D was cut off

Would it make sense to have an extra step for the during-passage phase in which we identify the relationship between this paragraph and the previous one?

#feedback It would be helpful to include previous paragraphs as well

#feedback It would be helpful to have a line-by-line breakdown in the written lesson

@dbasalone Definitely, I think for most pieces intended for casual consumption (where everyone has ample time to read), that would be the case. But the LSAT is intended to test us, so I guess they'd need challenging questions like this one to differentiate between different levels of reading comprehension at the higher end of the curve

For answer choice B, Kevin says, "The author later notes that the Third Group supports the view of a “cataclysmic” period, suggesting that the Third Group likewise believes the debris originated from an asteroid or comet." Why would the phrase "cataclysmic" imply that the debris originated from an asteroid or comet?

I don't think answer choice D describes the perspective of Some Astronomers. (D) says that the LHB was linked to a small body distintegrating.

The passage said: "Since the sizes of LHB craters suggest they were formed by large bodies, some astronomers believe that the LHB was linked to the disintegration of an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun. In this view, a large body broke apart and peppered the inner solar system with debris."

@KevinLin Thanks!

So is answering the guiding Qs a separate step?

How do we know that (B) is an example of revealing negative info before the other side reveals it? Doesn't the plaintiff or prosecutor's attorney go first? So what if they already mentioned it in their opening statement? (B) doesn't specify that they didn't, and disclosing something early doesn't mean it's earlier than someone else mentioning it

@dbasalone No, it suggests that many people can't distinguish between the author's perspective and the perspective of many lawyers (I think it's especially hard here because these two perspectives aren't in opposition).

I wonder if the trend that more people chose A than D would hold true for blind review as well. The fact that (A), the trap answer, was presented first in the answer choices makes it even harder for people under time pressure to not fall into the trap. However, it doesn't mean that (A) is right

Since the correct answer was not as comprehensive here, it seems important to note that the question stem asks about which answer choice "most accurately expresses the main point" rather than "most accurately and completely summarizes the passage".

It would be helpful to include the previous paragraphs on this page for context #feedback