PrepTest 135, Section 3, Question 1
In the 1980s there was a proliferation of(441 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- ACertain Latina writers(22 more words not shown)
- BLatina autobiographers writing(27 more words not shown)
- CThere is a(14 more words not shown)
- DThrough recent experimentation(21 more words not shown)
- ERecent writings by(25 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: these writers reshape autobiography to fit their experiences. They mix genres and languages, depart from chronological order, and bring voices together. The author explains those choices as ways to express personal histories that the usual conventions don't accommodate well.
What we’re looking for
We want both the change and its purpose. A choice that identifies just one experiment, or merely says the authors write autobiographies, won't capture the whole point.
Working the answers
- A
The writers aren't simply discovering that an existing genre suits them. They change its conventions to make it more suitable. We also aren't given the particular career history A assumes for these authors. The opening describes a broader rise in Latina writing, not each writer's move from fiction to autobiography.
- BCorrect
Setting aside standard conventions describes the mixed forms, changed chronology, and multiple voices. Making the genre more suitable for their personal histories explains why they do it. This matches the idea we predicted without needing to list every example.
- C
Diversity is present, but this sounds like a survey of different styles among traditional and nontraditional writers. The author develops a more specific claim about the innovations in these collections and what they accomplish.
- D
Combining nonfictional narrative with other genres is one of the changes. The discussion also covers chronology and authorship. D narrows the main point to demonstrating that a particular combination is possible.
- E
The main subject is what the writers do. A critic is quoted, but we don't get an argument centered on how recent works changed critics' understanding of gender, ethnicity, and style.
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