Human interest stories
2. Human or public interest stories with more of a local spin usually start with a short anecdote, then zoom out for larger story.
Ex. "Yesterday, a giant squid attacked Joe as he relaxed in his in-ground swimming pool the other day. Sadly, this attack is only latest in a long string of giant squid attacks. No one knows how the giant squids are getting into these pools. Local law enforcement officials say they are doing everything in their power to prevent future attacks. The mayor recommends that citizens carefully check their swimming pools before entering. The evil scientist at the local marine biology research laboratory was not available for comment."
Okay, maybe a giant squid attack is more along the lines of hard news, but it just sounded like fun. You know what I mean.
People have short attention spans, so newspapers want to get most important info to readers first. This goes for The Economist, NYTimes, etc.
Newspapers generally choose one of the two models I mentioned for one main reason: they know that most people probably won't read the entire article, but they want to keep the public informed, or at the very least, give people the impression that they're learning something important.
LSAT Reading Comp passages are NOT structured this way. By design, they aren’t from the “real world”.
LSAT Reading Comp passages are written by LSAC and take regular reading material and rework it to make it as boring as possible.
The best advice I can give when preparing for Reading Comprehension passages is to read a lot of Reading Comprehension passages.
Sounds simple, but there just aren’t any short cuts here. If you read my article on this, you’d know how to focus and make it easier. If you didn’t catch that one, or just need a reminder, you can find that article right here.
Catch you next time!
Steve
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