LSAT 106 – Section 1 – Question 22

LSAT 106 - Section 1 - Question 22

June 1999

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT106 S1 Q22
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
13%
163
B
68%
169
C
2%
160
D
2%
158
E
14%
166
149
159
170
 +Harder 152.148 +SubsectionHarder

Under the influence of today’s computer-oriented culture, publishing for children has taken on a flashy new look that emphasizes illustrations and graphic design; the resulting lack of substance leads to books that are short-lived items covering mainly trendy subjects. The changes also include more humorous content, simplification of difficult material, and a narrower focus on specific topics.

Summary
Publishing for children has changed. It has been influenced by computer-oriented culture. Publishing emphasizes a flashy look that causes a lack of substance, which leads to short lived books. The books have changed to be more trendy, humorous, simple, and narrow.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Computer-oriented culture has changed today’s publishing for children.
The changes cause a lack of substance.
The lack of substance results in short lived books.
The changes in children’s books have made them less complec and substantive.

A
The inclusion of humorous material and a narrower focus detract from the substance of a children’s book.
Unsupported. These changes are mentioned as part of the changes in publishing, but there is no information to support that the humor and narrower focus cause the decreased substance.
B
The substance of a children’s book is important to its longevity.
Strongly supported. The reason given for that the books are short-lived is that they lack substance. The lack of substance “leads” to the poor longevity.
C
Children of the computer generation cannot concentrate on long, unbroken sections of prose.
Unsupported. The stimulus discusses the changes in publishing for children, but does not consider the actual children’s concentration.
D
Children judge books primarily on the basis of graphic design.
Unsupported. The stimulus discusses the changes in publishing for children, but does not consider how the actual children evaluate books.
E
The lack of substance of a children’s book is unlikely to be important to its popularity.
Unsupported. There is no evidence to conclude anything about what makes a children’s book popular, but we do know the lack of substance will hurt longevity.

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