PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 11
The term "blues" is conventionally used to refer(447 more words not shown)
The reference to " standing(15 more words not shown)
- Adistinguish the standard(10 more words not shown)
- Bspecify a particular(12 more words not shown)
- Cpoint out a(9 more words not shown)
- Didentify a way(8 more words not shown)
- Eindicate the intensity(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The writer names ecstasy, then explains standing out from oneself. That phrase tells us which sense of the word to use here: a departure from one's usual psychological state and centered sense of self. What job is that explanation doing?
Working the answers
- A
No competing use is declared incorrect. Specifying a meaning for this context isn't the same as policing standard versus nonstandard usage.
- BCorrect
The introduction of a definition for this context signals the purpose directly (paragraph 2). The writer is explaining what ecstasy means in this discussion of religious and musical experience.
- C
The term is being used and clarified, not rejected as an incorrect description.
- D
The discussion develops a commonality, not a difference between religious participation and blues performance. This particular phrase clarifies the condition involved.
- E
It describes a psychological state, not the intensity of an artist's performance. Performer skill matters in the next paragraph, but it isn't what standing out from oneself is explaining.
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