PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 5
Traditionally, members of a community such as a(462 more words not shown)
What is the primary function(7 more words not shown)
- Ato add detail(12 more words not shown)
- Bto give evidence(11 more words not shown)
- Cto develop the(9 more words not shown)
- Dto introduce an(9 more words not shown)
- Eto anticipate the(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Paragraph 1 gives us the advocates' claim. Paragraph 2 builds their case: common interests bring people together, etiquette helps them communicate respectfully, and trusting relationships can follow. We're hearing why someone would call these groups communities before the writer challenges that view.
Working the answers
- A
This isn't an account of how conferences originated. The details explain why advocates classify them as communities.
- B
Backward. Shared interests, courtesy, and support are reasons for the advocates' position. The criticism comes in the next paragraph.
- CCorrect
The opening question asks what characteristics let conferences “function as communities.” The examples that follow answer it, developing the claim already introduced. Reporting those reasons doesn't mean the writer ultimately accepts their conclusion.
- D
This develops an existing claim rather than introducing a new objection. The third paragraph supplies the writer's objection to the case we've just heard.
- E
Anticipating the later criticism would mean addressing it in advance—for example, explaining why restricted diversity shouldn't matter. This paragraph doesn't do that. It presents the positive case based on shared interests and supportive relationships.
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