LSAT Reading comprehension question types
It can be inferred from the passage that the author most clearly holds which one of the following views?
Author Opinion (Opinions) [very common] (Inferences about views)
If substituted for the word "___" in line ___, which one of the following words would convey the same meaning in the context of the passage?
Clarifying meaning
The phrase "____" (lines ____) can best be interpreted as referring to which one of the following?"
Clarifying meaning
The words "that kind of finesse" (line ___ ) refer primarily to
Clarifying meaning
Which one of the following comes closest to capturing what the term "rule" means in line ___?
Clarifying meaning
Which one of the following phrases, if substituted for the word '_____' in line ____, would LEAST change the meaning of the sentence?"
Clarifying meaning
The author refers to the ____ in order to...
Contextual Definition (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
The author's reference to ____ (lines ____) serves which one of the following functions in the passage?
Contextual Definition (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
As described in the last paragraph of the passage, the cosmologists' approach to solving the dark matter problem is most analogous to which one of the following?
Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which of the following situations is most analogous to that of the Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly as she is described in the passage?
Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following is most analogous to the relationship of a television viewer to the television industry, as that relationship is described in lines ____?
Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following principles is operative in the author's argument?
Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following principles most likely governs the author's evaluation of Rosie's narrative?
Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
If the author of passage A were to read passage B, he or she would be most likely to agree with which one of the following?
General Comparative Questions [common] Author Opinion (Opinions) [very common] (Inferences about views)
It is most likely that the authors of the two passages would both agree with which one of the following statements?
General Comparative Questions [common] Author Opinion (Opinions) [very common] (Inferences about views)
Both passages are primarily concerned with
General Comparative Questions [common] Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which one of the following is a topic that is central to both passages?
General Comparative Questions [common] Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which one of the following most accurately describes the central point of contention between the passages?
General Comparative Questions [common] Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
The author of passage A would be most likely to raise which one of the following as an objection to the overall argument in passage B?
General Comparative Questions [common] Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
The authors of the passages would be most likely to agree that
General Comparative Questions [common] Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
The authors would be most likely to disagree over whether
General Comparative Questions [common] Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization of the passage?
General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommmon] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following most accurately describes the relationship between the final paragraph and the first paragraph?
General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommmon] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following most accurately characterizes the relationship between the two passages?
General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommmon] (Organizing information) (comparative reading)
According to the passage, what is true about fantasy baseball leagues?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
The author says which one of the following about My Little Pony?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
The passage asserts which one of the following regarding college students?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
The passage provides information sufficient to answer which one of the following questions?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
Which of the following does the passage list as a reason to go sky-diving?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
Which one of the following does the author explicitly identify as a characteristic of Adam Sandler movies?
Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
The passage includes all of the following explanations for our fascination with light sabres EXCEPT
Identify the Detail/Recognition EXCEPT (Information/Detail) [very common]
The passage provides information that explains the perspectives of all of the following groups EXCEPT
Identify the detail/Recognition EXCEPT
Which of the following mining techniques is NOT mentioned in the passage as being detrimental to the environment?
Identify the detail/Recognition EXCEPT
Each of the following conforms to the kinds of results that the author would expect from the course of action proposed in the passage EXCEPT...
Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
The passage most strongly suggests that which one of the following would occur if pandas were to become extinct?
Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
Which of the following experiments is most likely to produce data that would be most relevant to the study described in the third paragraph?
Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
Which of the following is most clearly an example of an application of the principle "look before you leap" as it is discussed in the passage?
Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
According to facts presented in the passage, which of the following would be the most likely outcome of a territorial dispute between a blue jay and a red squirrel?
Infer from a detail (Information/Detail) [somewhat common] (Inferences about information)
The passage suggests that which one of the following is most likely to have been true of medieval guilds?
Infer from a detail (Information/Detail) [somewhat common] (Inferences about information)
The passage implies that _____ is...
Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
The passage most strongly supports which one of the following statements regarding _____?
Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
The passage provides the most support for which one of the following statements?
Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information in the passage?
Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
The author would be most likely to characterize _____ as...
Inferences about attitudes
The author's attitude toward the 'thesis' mentioned in line 56 is revealed in which one of the following pairs of words?
Inferences about attitudes
The author's stance toward the arguments of the strict constructionist Darwinians can most accurately be described as one of
Inferences about attitudes
The author's view of Mace Windoo's character is most accurately reflected in the author's use of which one of the following words?
Inferences about attitudes
Which of the following best describes the author's attitude towards graphic novels?
Inferences about attitudes
Which one of the following most accurately identifies the attitude shown by the author in the passage toward _____
Inferences about attitudes
In the passage, the author's primary concern is to
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
The primary purpose of the passage is to
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which of the following describes the central idea of the passage?
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the central idea of the passage?
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which one of the following most accurately states the main point of the passage?
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
Which one of the following most accurately summarizes the contents of the passage?
Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
In writing '____' (lines ____) the author of passage B most likely means that...
Non-Comparative Questions [uncommon] Clarifying meaning (comparative reading)
It can be inferred from the passage that Ellison most clearly holds which one of the following views regarding _____?
Other Opinions (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Inferences about views)
It can be inferred from the passage that legal theorists who recommend the use of civil sanctions to combat corporate wrongdoing believe that
Other Opinions (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Inferences about views)
It can be inferred from the passage that the author's view of Justin's work differs most significantly from that of most Justin admirers in which one of the following ways?
Other Opinions (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Inferences about views)
It can most reasonably be inferred that the researchers mentioned in paragraph 4 would agree with which one of the following statements?
Other Opinions (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Inferences about views)
Which of the following views about social media apps would be most likely to be endorsed by the Teachers' Association?
Other Opinions (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Inferences about views)
The author quotes the biologist Stephen Jay Gould in the second paragraph primarily in order to do which one of the following?
Purpose of Word/Phrase (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
The primary purpose of the first sentence of the fourth paragraph is to
Purpose of Word/Phrase (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
Which of the following is the most likely reason the author mentions cupcakes in the second paragraph?
Purpose of Word/Phrase (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
The primary purpose of the third paragraph is to
Purpose of a paragraph (Reasoning Structure) [common] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization of the last paragraph in the passage?
Purpose of a paragraph (Reasoning Structure) [common] (Organizing information)
Given the information in the passage, the author is LEAST likely to believe which one of the following?
Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
The author would be most likely to agree with which one of the following statements?
Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
Both passages seek an answer to which one of the following questions?
Specific Comparative Questions Main Point/Primary Purpose (Reasoning Structure) [most common]
In passage B, which one of the following is an example of "inputs" as that term is used in the second paragraph of passage A?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Clarifying meaning (comparative reading)
The author of passage A uses the phrase 'X' to refer to which one of the following ideas/concepts mentioned in passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Clarifying meaning (comparative reading)
The role of the word "selectively" in passage B (line ___) is most closely related to the role of which one of the following words in passage A?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Clarifying meaning (comparative reading)
Based on what can be inferred from their titles, the relationship between the documents in which one of the following is most analogous to the relationship between passage A and passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following plays a role in passage B that is most analogous to the role played in passage A by the mention of Anju's motorcycle?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following principles is most likely to be endorsed by the authors of both passages?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Which one of the following principles underlies the argument in passage A, but not that in passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Find an Analogy/Principle (Reasoning Structure) [not common]
Passage A, unlike passage B, seeks to advance its arguments by
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommon] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following is an approach used in both passages to help make a point about _____?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommon] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following most accurately describes a relationship between the two passages?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] General Organization (Reasoning Structure) [very uncommon] (Organizing information)
Which one of the following is discussed in passage A but not in passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Identify the Detail/Recognition (Information/Detail) [very common]
Both passages refer to which one of the following?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Identify the detail/Recognition (comparative reading)
Based on what can be inferred from the passages, which one of the following acts would have been illegal under Roman law, but would not be illegal under Canadian and U.S. common law?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
It can be inferred that both authors would be most likely to regard which one of the following as exemplifying Cather's narrative technique?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
Which one of the following conforms to the policy advocated by the author of passage A but not advocated by the author of passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Illustrate (Opinions) [not common] (Applying to new contexts)
Each passage gives information suggesting that which one of the following statements is true?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
Which one of the following can be inferred from the two passages taken together?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by both passages?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Infer from...? (Information/Detail) [not common] (Inferences about information)
Given the style and tone of each passage, which one of the following is most likely to correctly describe the expected audience of each passage?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
It can be inferred that the author of passage B regards the approach of the author of passage A as
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
Passage B differs from passage A in that passage B displays an attitude toward the ideas it discusses that is more
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
The attitude of the author of passage A toward _____ differs from that of the author of passage B in that author A is more
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
The authors' attitudes toward _____ can most accurately be described in which one of the following ways?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
Which of the following best describes the difference between the authors' attitudes towards _____?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Inferences about attitudes (comparative reading)
Both passages mention propaganda primarily in order to
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Purpose of Word/Phrase (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
The discussion of photosynthesis in passage A differs from that in passage B in which one of the following ways?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Purpose of Word/Phrase (Reasoning Structure) [very common] (Purpose of reference)
The author of passage B would be most likely to give which one of the following answers to the question posed at the end of the first paragraph of passage A?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Specific Author Opinion (Opinions) [common] (Inferences about views)
Which one of the following most accurately describes how the research results presented passage B bear on the claims made in passage A?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Weaken (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Additional evidence)
Which one of the following, if true, would cast doubt on the argument in passage A and support the argument in passage B?
Specific Comparative Questions [most common] Weaken (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Additional evidence)
Which of the following, if discovered, would serve to strengthen the paleontologists' theory about the social grooming of velociraptors most?
Strengthen (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Additional evidence)
Which one of the following, if true, would most seriously challenge the climatologist's claim about the implications of ocean acidification?
Weaken (Opinions) [somewhat common] (Additional evidence)
