What is reading comprehension?
Reading Comprehension is one scored section of the LSAT: four passage sets with about 26–28 questions total.
Each set is roughly 450–550 words of dense prose followed by 5–8 questions about structure, the author's attitude, and what the passage supports.
Comparative reading pairs two shorter passages on the same topic and asks how they relate.
The skill is structural reading: tracking what each paragraph does, not memorizing details.
Related glossary entry: main idea.
Last updated October 12, 2026