PT150.S1.P3.Q17

PrepTest 150 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 17

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Passage A.

P1

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Borges' observation about literature · Readers of detective novels might every narrative like a detective story
They read with suspicion. The author believes Borges has tapped into a general insight about literature.
P2

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Borges' perspective · Participation of reader is essential to literature
Genres are united by how people read those texts. (Detective novels are detective novels because people read them with certain conventions, such as reading with suspicion, looking for clues, etc.)

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P3

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Problem with one definition of genre · "Borderline cases" show that genre can't be defined by similar themes in the books
Science fiction in particular has a lot of borderline cases (books that don't fit the thematic similarities of sci-fi well).
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Better definition of genre · Based on different reading protocols (ways of reading)
Texts most central to a genre are those written for the purpose of using a particular reading protocol. (So, a detective novel is a detective novel because it was written to take advantage of the norms of reading detective novels.)
P4

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Author's recommendation · We should explore the different components of different reading protocols
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Example · Poetry vs. prose
We pay more attention to sounds of words in poetry.
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Example · Science fiction
We pay more attention to how the text suggests differences between our world and the alternate fictional world.
Passage Style
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17.

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a

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Supported by the end of the first paragraph. The texts “most central” to a genre are clearly written to exploit a particular protocol. This suggests the texts that are less central are those that aren’t so clearly written to exploit that particular reading protocol.

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b

Readers' expectations regarding █ ██████████ █████████ ████ ███ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ███████████████

Passage B doesn’t discuss the impact of readers’ expectations on genre classification. But if anything, there’s reason to think Passage B would find readers’ expectations essential, because the reading protocol one is supposed to use is relevant to the genre.

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c

Thematic similarities constitute ███ ████ ██████ █████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ██ ████████

Not supported, because Passage B defines genre based on the intended reading protocol, not based on themes.

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d

The interpretation of █ ████████ ████ ███████ ██ █ █████████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ████████

Not supported, because Passage B doesn’t suggest that how we interpret a sentence doesn’t depend on genre. If anything, there’s reason to think it might depend on genre, because we might bring a diffferent reading protocol to the sentence.

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e

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Not supported, because thematic similarity is not what defines a genre for Passage B.

5%

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