The literary development of Kate Chopin, author of . βββ βββββββββ βββββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββββββββββββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββ
Unlike both sentimental novels and L.C.'s short stories, N.W. explores fantasy; parable; different worlds; and uses impressionistic methods to explore female consciousness
Used impressionistic methods to render the female consciousness.
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Single position
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The work of the New ββββββ ββ ββ ββ βββββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββ βββββ βββ ββββ βββββββ βββ βββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββββββββββ
Question Type
Implied
Principle or generalization
The work of the New Women is described in P4. Its key characteristics are freedom and innovation; adapting the sentimental novel with fantasy elements; an impressionistic style; exploring female consciousness; and serving as an inspiration to Chopin. Weβre looking for a generalized claim that this work somehow supports.
Unsupported. The author says nothing about whether the work of the New Women had any effect on social customs in the first place, so their work doesnβt tell us anything about which approach is more or less effective.
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b
Even writers who ββββββββ ββββββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ
Unsupported. The author says nothing about whether the New Women advocated social change or regretted anything.
Misdirection. If this is supported, itβs supported by the work of the local colorists, not the New Women. The local colorists witnessed the decline of βwomenβs cultureβ and changed their literary techniques in response. Even then, to say that (C) βinevitablyβ happens is too strong too conclude based on a single example. Meanwhile, we're only interested in the New Women for this question. And nothing suggests that they were responding to, or trying to make sense of, social changes. They were just innovative.
Strongly supported. The New Women innovated by experimenting with impressionistic methods in an attempt to describe previously neglected aspects of female consciousness.
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e
Writers can most ββββββββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββββββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββββ
Unsupported. It was Chopin, under the influence of the local colorists (not the New Women), who depicted extreme psychological states by using an uninflected manner. (Also, nothing suggests how accurately she was able to do so, or whether it was the most accurate approach.) Meanwhile, we're only interested in the New Women for this question. And, as far as we know, their only way of depicting psychological states was to use elements of fantasy and impressionistic methods. Nothing suggests they used an uninflected manner or depicted extreme psychological states.
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Difficulty
55% of people who answer get this correct
This is a very difficult question.
It is significantly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%148
160
75%173
Analysis
Implied
Implied
Stems asking us to infer an idea implied by the claims in the passage (as opposed to identifying an idea that appears explicitly). Similar to most strongly supported questions in LR.
Passages that highlight a person, issue, or historical event or development. These passages often focus on why that thing is significant, distinctive, or interesting.