PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 6
In spite of a shared language, Latin American(426 more words not shown)
The discussion in the second(5 more words not shown)
- Aargue that Latin(7 more words not shown)
- Bexplain how Spanish(13 more words not shown)
- Cdemonstrate why Latin(8 more words not shown)
- Dshow that the(18 more words not shown)
- Eillustrate the extent(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The second paragraph makes one part of our overall comparison concrete: Latin American poets challenge the language, while Spanish poets tend to accept its conventions. Modernism and the avant-garde illustrate that contrast. I'd predict an answer about the two groups' different attitudes toward language.
Working the answers
- A
The paragraph says the Spanish-language versions of these movements originated with Latin American poets, not that they originated the movements in every language. That example also serves the larger comparison; establishing who invented the movements isn't the paragraph's primary job.
- BCorrect
The opening contrast between “critical or irreverent” and “more accepting” is developed through examples of experimentation and reluctance. B states the relationship the paragraph explains.
- C
We hear that Spanish poets greeted particular movements reluctantly. We don't get an explanation of why Latin American poetry as a whole is poorly received in Spain.
- D
This shifts from poets' attitudes to a claim that Castilian Spanish itself has remained relatively unchanged. That is not what the paragraph establishes.
- E
Romanticizing a cultural past belongs to the next paragraph. This paragraph compares how both groups treat language; it doesn't examine only Spanish poetry's nostalgia.
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