PT134.S4.P2.Q7

PrepTest 134 - Section 4 - Passage 2 - Question 7

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P1

Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. ███ ████ █████████ ██████ ██ █ ██████████████ ██████ ████ ███ ██ ██████████ ███████████ ██ █ ████████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ █ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ████████ ██ ████████████████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██████ ████ ███ ███ ███ █████████ ██████ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████ █████████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ █████ ███████████ ██ ████████████████ ██████████ ███████

Spotlight · Proverbs among Mexican Americans
Proverb = saying that can be understood independent of verbal context, purpose is conveying message. Most Spanish-language proverbs came from Spain, but many came from other places in Europe.
P2

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Meaning of proverbs · Depends in individual speaker, social context, broader community
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Purpose of proverbs · Instruction of young people
This purpose is more important in Mexican tradition than among English-speaking traditions.
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Example · Frequent use of proverbs to regulat relationships among peers
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Speculation · Reason for emphasis on peer-groups relations?
Might be because traditional norms are threatened by surrounding society, or because parents need to appeal to tradition to teach older children.
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Another feature of proverbs · Make people conscious of membership in Mexican ethnic group
Proverbs transmit Spanish language and Mexican culture.
Passage Style
Single position
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The Mexican American █████████ ██ ████████████████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██ █████████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███████

This doesn’t capture the author’s focus on the purposes of proverbs in Mexican American communities. The main point isn’t merely that the use of proverbs is difference in Mexican American communities. It’s about the particular purposes of proverbs in these communities.

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b

Spanish-language proverbs figure ███████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ████████████ █████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ████ █████ █████████

This best captures the main point. The author focuses on describing the purpose of proverbs in Mexican American communities. One important purpose is to instruct the young. Another important purpose is to foster a sense of ethnic consciousness.

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Most proverbs that ███ ████████ ████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███████████ ████ █████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███████

The main point of the passage isn’t about the origin of proverbs in Mexican American communities. It’s about the purpose of proverbs in these communities.

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This is too narrow. This doesn’t capture the purpose of proverbs to build ethnic consciousness (P3).

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The main point isn’t about the way in which proverbs in the Spanish-language tradition can illustrate a broader point about proverbs. The main point is specifically about proverbs in Mexican American communities and how they are used in these communities.

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