PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 7
Passage A Readers, like writers, need to search(481 more words not shown)
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Passage B(262 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(6 more words not shown)
- Aa concern with(13 more words not shown)
- Ba concern with(16 more words not shown)
- Ca conviction that(9 more words not shown)
- Da belief that(13 more words not shown)
- Ea desire to(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both accounts identify writing that has lost touch with human experience. A wants history to engage readers emotionally as well as intellectually. B wants legal writing to acknowledge the real people and events behind an abstract case. Storytelling could help with both problems.
What we’re looking for
That's the shared belief to look for. We don't need the authors to agree about how much the current interest in narrative has already accomplished.
Working the answers
- A
Teaching is relevant, but neither account compares instructional methods to determine which best develops writing skills. A focuses on the material students read and historians' failure to tell engaging stories. B discusses legal education more directly. The proposed shared concern is not their common focus.
- B
The issue isn't how a discipline represents unfamiliar points of view. Both authors criticize writing practices and consider what attention to narrative could contribute.
- C
Both see room for improvement through storytelling. Describing existing constraints doesn't establish that creative professional writing is impossible. Nor should we automatically equate every narrative with creative invention: B's stories concern real events.
- DCorrect
A wants historians actually telling stories and moving audiences. B thinks even awareness of narrative's value could be a corrective. Each therefore sees potential benefit in greater attention to storytelling within the relevant profession.
- E
This suggests removing influences from other fields. The authors are considering what storytelling could add, not urging their professions to purge outside elements.
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