PrepTest 134, Section 4, Question 10
Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout(416 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly suggests(10 more words not shown)
- AProverb use is(6 more words not shown)
- BThe way in(18 more words not shown)
- CThe most frequent(15 more words not shown)
- DProverbs are often(7 more words not shown)
- EWhen a proverb(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What do we know about how proverbs are used? Their meaning can vary with the speaker and situation, and the larger community helps shape their use. We also have two developed functions within the particular communities discussed. Let's check the claims against that information.
Working the answers
- A
Reinforcing community norms is one of the possible reasons offered for parents' use of proverbs. Nothing supports describing that intention as seldom present.
- BCorrect
The second paragraph explicitly says proverb use is influenced by the speaker's wider social group (paragraph 2). Community is part of the context, alongside the individual speaker and immediate situation.
- C
Peer relationships are a “particularly frequent focus.” That makes them common, but it doesn't rank them as the single most frequent use among all the possibilities.
- D
The final paragraph does mention transmitting Spanish. That doesn't establish that proverbs are often used to teach languages. Passing along language through a cultural practice isn't the same claim as a frequent language-teaching purpose.
- E
We learn that proverbs can have an instructional role and a heritage role in Mexican American communities. That doesn't establish what is usually intended whenever a proverb is used educationally. Two functions in this account aren't a general rule about every educational use.
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