PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 10
Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a(442 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- ATwo points are(16 more words not shown)
- BTwo points are(16 more words not shown)
- CTwo points are(16 more words not shown)
- DTwo points are(18 more words not shown)
- ETwo points are(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The opening makes two points: the novel elevates Naomi into a hero and criticizes the majority culture. How are those points supported? The next paragraph works through the three-stage rite of passage and maps Naomi's story onto it. The last paragraph gives the stone-into-bread example of symbolism.
What we’re looking for
So I'd expect an extended comparison for the first point and a shorter example for the second. All the answers begin with two points about a novel; the differences come afterward.
Working the answers
- A
The first point isn't supported by a brief example. We work through an entire three-stage comparison between Naomi's story and a rite of passage.
- B
The extended analogy fits the first point, but the second isn't merely repeated without support. The stone-and-bread symbolism is the supporting example.
- C
The claim that one of the points is reasserted without support doesn't fit. We get support for both: the structural comparison and the symbolic example.
- D
This calls the support for the first point brief. The sustained comparison across stages and groups of chapters is better described as an extended analogy.
- ECorrect
The rite-of-passage comparison is developed at length, and the stone-into-bread symbolism supplies a brief example for the second point. That matches the two kinds of support we identified.
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