LSAT PrepTest 121 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 10

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In spite of a shared language, Latin American poetry written in Spanish differs from Spanish poetry in many respects. ███

Intro topic · Latin American poetry as distinct from European Spanish poetry

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Contrast · Latin American poetry and European Spanish poetry

Latin American poetry is more exposed to outside influences

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Some critics' perspective · Latin American poetry is actually as homogeneous as European Spanish poetry

Why? Because Latin American poetry began with a highly standardized form of Spanish (Castilian Spanish)

Author's perspective · Since then, Latin American poetry has been influenced by other cultures

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Further contrast · between Latin American and Spanish poetry

Latin American poetry more open to change and innovation

Key contrast · between the two kinds of poetry

Latin American poetry more interested in the modern world; Spanish poetry more interested in the past

Explain key contrast · Latin American culture is more recent, has no pre-colonial history to draw on

Describe consquence · of Latin American poetry's more modern focus

Exploration of other poetic structures; example of Mexican haiku

Describe consequence · of Latin American poetry's lack of pre-colonial histroy

Interest in prehistory; example of Chilean creationist poetry

Main point · Latin American poetry's qualities stem from its lack of a pre-colonial history

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It’s difficult to predict the correct answer just from the question stem. But we can tell that the correct answer is likely to be supported by the last paragraph, which describes Latin American poetry’s use of structures from other cultures.

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Not supported, because the reason Latin American poets are interested in other cultures is that they don’t have a long-standing cultural past. This doesn’t imply that the poets attempt to “create” a past.

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Supported. Because Latin-American poetry doesn’t have a long-standing cultural past, they are more curious about the poetic structures of other cultures.

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We’re never told that Latin American poets “reconsider” their lack of a long-standing cultural past. We know that they are more curious about other cultures because of the lack of such cultural past, but this doesn’t imply any “reconsideration.”

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Not supported. Although the author mentions that some Latin American poets write about a world before recorded history, she never indicates that these poets don’t use structures from other cultures.

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Not supported. We’re never told that there are certain cultures from which Latin American poetry does not borrow poetic structures.

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