PT150.S1.P3.Q18

PrepTest 150 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 18

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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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18.

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a

The genre of ███████ ██ █████ █ █████ ███████ ██ █████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████

Not supported, because both Borges and Author B believe that a reader’s participation is important to defining the genre.

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b

Any science fiction █████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██ ████ █ █████████ ██████

Supported bywhat Passage A says about Borges and Passage B. Although Passage B doesn’t use the literal word “science fiction,” it does say that we can read “any text” by “any reading protocol we wish.”

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c

Every work of ███████ █████████████ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████ █████ ██ ██████

Not supported by Passage B, which acknowledges the possibility of “borderline cases.” that don’t clearly fall into a particular genre.

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d

Some rhetorical figures ██████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ██████ ██ █████ ████████

Not supported regarding Borges, because we don’t know what Borges thinks about the rhetorical figures that appear in poetry.

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e

A story cannot ██ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████ ██ █████ █████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ███████

Not supported, because neither Borges nor Author B discuss what’s required for a reader’s enjoyment.

12%

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