LSAT Practice Exam – Reading Comprehension Strategies
Instructions: Below are LSAT-style reading comprehension strategies formatted as
exam-style Q&A. Each item contains a question and a bolded answer after
'ANSWER:'.
1. What is the primary strategy for approaching LSAT reading passages?
ANSWER: Active reading – summarize each paragraph, note the author’s
attitude, and identify the main point.
2. How should you treat highlighted or emphasized words in the passage?
ANSWER: Pay attention – they often signal the author’s opinion or a key shift
in argument.
3. When the question stem asks for the 'main point,' what should you focus on?
ANSWER: The author’s overall conclusion or purpose of the passage.
4. How should you handle 'detail' questions?
ANSWER: Go back to the passage and find the exact line reference – avoid
memory traps.
5. What does an 'inference' question require?
ANSWER: Choose the answer that must be true based on the passage, not just
likely to be true.
6. How should you approach 'attitude/tone' questions?
ANSWER: Look for opinion words, tone indicators, and whether the author is
positive, negative, or neutral.
7. In comparative reading passages, what’s the best strategy?
ANSWER: Read Passage A, summarize, then Passage B, summarize, then
compare similarities and differences.
8. What is the process of elimination (POE) strategy in Reading Comp?
ANSWER: Eliminate extreme, unsupported, or irrelevant answer choices –
select the one best supported by text.
9. What’s the best time management strategy for Reading Comp?
ANSWER: Spend about 3–4 minutes reading and annotating, then 5–6 minutes
answering questions per passage.
Instructions: Below are LSAT-style reading comprehension strategies formatted as
exam-style Q&A. Each item contains a question and a bolded answer after
'ANSWER:'.
1. What is the primary strategy for approaching LSAT reading passages?
ANSWER: Active reading – summarize each paragraph, note the author’s
attitude, and identify the main point.
2. How should you treat highlighted or emphasized words in the passage?
ANSWER: Pay attention – they often signal the author’s opinion or a key shift
in argument.
3. When the question stem asks for the 'main point,' what should you focus on?
ANSWER: The author’s overall conclusion or purpose of the passage.
4. How should you handle 'detail' questions?
ANSWER: Go back to the passage and find the exact line reference – avoid
memory traps.
5. What does an 'inference' question require?
ANSWER: Choose the answer that must be true based on the passage, not just
likely to be true.
6. How should you approach 'attitude/tone' questions?
ANSWER: Look for opinion words, tone indicators, and whether the author is
positive, negative, or neutral.
7. In comparative reading passages, what’s the best strategy?
ANSWER: Read Passage A, summarize, then Passage B, summarize, then
compare similarities and differences.
8. What is the process of elimination (POE) strategy in Reading Comp?
ANSWER: Eliminate extreme, unsupported, or irrelevant answer choices –
select the one best supported by text.
9. What’s the best time management strategy for Reading Comp?
ANSWER: Spend about 3–4 minutes reading and annotating, then 5–6 minutes
answering questions per passage.
