RC Drill Set 7, Question 8
Passage A is from a review of author(488 more words not shown)
Passage A(280 more words not shown)
Passage B(216 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(14 more words not shown)
- AOne of them(15 more words not shown)
- BOne of them(13 more words not shown)
- CBoth of them(8 more words not shown)
- DBoth of them(9 more words not shown)
- EBoth of them(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both writers admire Welty. That is our initial impression, but this question could ask us to infer something else about them. We know what they discuss and the judgments they make; we do not know their personal histories.
Working the answers
- A
Neither writer tells us whether they mainly write fiction or nonfiction. Reviewing someone else's work does not establish that.
- B
A quotes Welty's memoir. That is not evidence of interviewing her, and neither writer tells us whether they spoke with her.
- CCorrect
A describes Welty's stories and changing literary styles with confidence. B likewise identifies her fiction's perceptiveness and patient attention (Passage B, paragraph 1) and characterizes her approach to writing. Both present themselves as knowledgeable enough about her fiction to make these judgments. This is not our initial prediction about admiration, but the discussion supports it.
- D
Fiction is not nonfiction. A's memoir quotation does not establish that both writers consider themselves competent critics of her nonfiction, and B gives us no such claim.
- E
B analyzes photography; A does not. We therefore cannot establish photographic criticism experience for both writers.
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