PrepTest 133, Section 4, Question 10
The literary development of Kate Chopin, author of(448 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(13 more words not shown)
- Aelevated, romantic(1 more words not shown)
- Bmythic images of(2 more words not shown)
- Cdetached narrative(1 more words not shown)
- Dstrong plot(1 more words not shown)
- Elonely, isolated(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Which technique did Chopin actually take from another group? Merely reading a kind of fiction doesn't establish that she used its conventions. We need to distinguish an influence she adopted from a feature she rejected or a subject she handled differently.
What we’re looking for
I'm not immediately sure which label the choices will use, so I'll check the account of her borrowing in the third paragraph.
Working the answers
- A
She grew up reading elevated, romantic language. But the third paragraph says she wanted to avoid those novels' excesses; exposure alone doesn't show adoption.
- B
The mythic images express the local colorists' nostalgia, which Chopin didn't share.
- CCorrect
Here is the connection: the local colorists observed with almost scientific detachment, and Chopin used their conventions to tell intense stories in an “uninflected manner.” The borrowed feature is a restrained narrative voice. She could use that voice without adopting their nostalgia.
- D
The text mentions the local colorists' crisply plotted stories, but it doesn't say Chopin adopted strong plot lines. Mentioning a model's feature isn't enough to establish that she borrowed it.
- E
Loneliness and isolation characterize Chopin's stories, but the third paragraph introduces those concerns as a contrast with the local colorists. It doesn't identify them as something she took from the other writers.
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