PrepTest 138, Section 1, Question 7
The corrido , a type of narrative folk(441 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly suggests(12 more words not shown)
- AIn at least(19 more words not shown)
- BThe corrido is(15 more words not shown)
- CMuch of the(12 more words not shown)
- DThe reportorial capability(15 more words not shown)
- EA corrido without(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The despedida is described as perhaps the clearest marker of the form, but we've also learned about shared language, themes, imagery, and ready-made lines. Those features give us other ways to recognize a corrido if its ending hasn't survived.
What we’re looking for
That is the supported inference to look for. A particularly clear identifying feature can be useful without being the only identifying feature.
Working the answers
- A
Reliance on ready-made lines is discussed, but no resulting difficulty with metaphor is identified. The fact that both features occur in the account doesn't establish that one hindered the other.
- B
Familiar local language is a feature of corridos. We aren't given a comparison establishing that no other ballad form uses it. The description of one tradition cannot supply that exclusive claim.
- C
Spanish roots don't establish that much of the imagery also appears in Spanish ballads. The account explains the images through their familiarity to Border listeners; it doesn't compare the two traditions' imagery.
- D
Corridos are not described as free from rhyme constraints. The second line of the despedida specifically varies with the needs of rhyme. Nor is an improvement in their ability to report events attributed to such freedom.
- ECorrect
The ending is a particularly clear marker, while familiar images and ready-made lines characterize the form more broadly. Those other conventions support the qualified claim that an incomplete song would probably still be recognizable. We don't need to guarantee that every surviving fragment could be identified.
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