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#36736
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14629)
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (D)
A primary purpose question is much like a main point question, conducive to the same sort of
prephrasing, prior to reading the answer choices. Again, the purpose of writing this passage seems to
have been to introduce the reader to the concept of legal services, discuss points of view from both sides
of the issue, and come out against these plans.
Answer choice (A): Since the passage does not discuss traditional methods of paying for legal services,
this response is wrong.
Answer choice (B): The passage does discuss the growing popularity of pre-paid legal plans, but that
is not the primary purpose of the passage, so this response is incorrect. Like many attractive wrong
answers for this type of question, this response provides a topic that was discussed, but which does not
represent the main purpose of the passage.
Answer choice (C): The author does not trace the effect of pre-paid plans on legal fees; the discussion
of these potential effects is more speculative. Further, since this topic is covered only as part of a larger
discussion, this does not represent the primary purpose.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Since the author discusses whether pre-paid
legal plans will be beneficial in the long run, and decides that they probably will not be, this passage
appears to have a cautionary purpose.
Answer choice (E): Since the passage never mentions any potential remedies to the author’s concerns,
this choice is incorrect.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14629)
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (D)
A primary purpose question is much like a main point question, conducive to the same sort of
prephrasing, prior to reading the answer choices. Again, the purpose of writing this passage seems to
have been to introduce the reader to the concept of legal services, discuss points of view from both sides
of the issue, and come out against these plans.
Answer choice (A): Since the passage does not discuss traditional methods of paying for legal services,
this response is wrong.
Answer choice (B): The passage does discuss the growing popularity of pre-paid legal plans, but that
is not the primary purpose of the passage, so this response is incorrect. Like many attractive wrong
answers for this type of question, this response provides a topic that was discussed, but which does not
represent the main purpose of the passage.
Answer choice (C): The author does not trace the effect of pre-paid plans on legal fees; the discussion
of these potential effects is more speculative. Further, since this topic is covered only as part of a larger
discussion, this does not represent the primary purpose.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Since the author discusses whether pre-paid
legal plans will be beneficial in the long run, and decides that they probably will not be, this passage
appears to have a cautionary purpose.
Answer choice (E): Since the passage never mentions any potential remedies to the author’s concerns,
this choice is incorrect.