Self-study
Passage A.
P1
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Ceremony in sports ·
Display and spectators are important
Standards ·
Sports maintains defined standards of excellence and has knowledgeable audiences
P2
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Not like artistic performance ·
Experimentation in arts leads to confusion of standards for excellence
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P3
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Gumbrecht’s view ·
Sports can be beautiful
Many people don’t realize sports has aesthetic appeal.
P4
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View about sports based on Kant ·
Paradox: purpose isn’t required for beauty, but all beauty looks like it has purpose
Sports can exhibit this paradox.
Passage Style
7.
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Question Type
Purpose of passage
This is a Purpose of Passage question. Why does Author A write the passage? To tell us that sports has beauty and high standards, and to compare this aspect of sports to artistic performances. Why does Author B write the passage? To tell us about Gumbrecht's view that sports has beauty. If you're using the Split Approach, start by eliminating answers that don't describe the purpose of Passage A. Then, after Passage B, eliminate any remaining answers that don't describe the purpose of Passage B.
a
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Although this is a good description of one of Author A's purposes, it doesn't accurately describe one of Author B's purposes. Author B merely describes Gumbrecht's view about sports and beauty; she doesn't advocate for that view. She doesn't try to convince the reader that Gumbrecht is correct. So "to argue" doesn't capture what Author B tries to do.
b
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Author B doesn't say anything about ceremony in sports or how it compares to ceremony in arts. Although Author B does describe Gumbrecht's view about beauty in sports and arts, there's no description of sports' ceremonial nature.
c
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Author B doesn't say anything about the maintenance of well-defined standards in sports.
d
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This is the best answer. Author A compares how people judge excellence in sports with how they do so in the arts. Author B describes Gumbrecht's comparison between how people look for aesthetic pleasure in arts, but don't do so in sports.
e
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Author B doesn't comment on the audience's level of knowledge in sports and art. Although she does describe how audiences in art look for aesthetic pleasure, while audiences in sports don't, Author B doesn't connect this comparison to the level of knowledge possessed by the audiences.