PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 20
Reader-response theory, a type of literary theory that(454 more words not shown)
The author's reference to "various(13 more words not shown)
- Astress the intricacy(5 more words not shown)
- Bgrant that a(10 more words not shown)
- Cimply that no(9 more words not shown)
- Dillustrate how a(6 more words not shown)
- Eshow that an(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Look at the concession before “it is not a map.” The writer agrees that a work contains signs and symbols we must interpret. Then the writer limits what follows from that: textual guidance doesn't amount to one fixed route to one meaning.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't primarily praising the complexity of good writing. The phrase acknowledges a role for the text in a dispute over interpretation.
- BCorrect
The signs and symbols require interpretation before readers can grasp and value the work (paragraph 2). So the reader has to attend to what is there. Granting that much doesn't require accepting the formalists' more restrictive account. The text can guide interpretation while different readers still contribute different insights.
- C
No theory having a monopoly is an earlier, broader point. These particular words acknowledge the material within the text that a reader must interpret.
- D
The map comparison comes next, which makes this tempting. But the signs-and-symbols clause grants that the text gives guidance; the later contrast denies that this guidance provides one complete route. D substitutes the contrast for the concession we're asked about.
- E
Nothing says an inflexible standard guarantees accurate results. The writer is challenging a restrictive method, even while acknowledging that the words on the page matter.
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