PrepTest 136 - Section 3 - Passage 2 - Question 8

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Passage A.

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Critique of history writing · It's boring

It's typically too formal and abstract, and doesn't help students connect to history emotionally.

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Failed attempt at solution · Some historians have claimed to connect their writing to stories; they still write only boring stuff

Very few people historians actually incorporate stories into their writing.

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Context about legal writing · Values conformity, and doesn't have much creativity or humor

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Critique of legal writing · It's boring because it leaves out the story

Lawyers learn this kind of boring writing from teachers of legal writing.

Potential solution · Become more aware about the value of story in legal writing

Not sure if this will actually change how legal writing is taught, but it might help.

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In this Inference question, we are asked to infer how the author of each passage is related to the profession that they discuss. Passage A discusses the profession of history. Author A says that she attends meetings of historians, so we can infer that author A is a member of the profession that she discusses.

Passage B speaks in first person about teaching law, so we can infer that author B is a law professor.

Split Approach: After passage A, eliminate any answer that doesn’t indicate that author A is a historian. Then, after passage B, eliminate any remaining answer that doesn’t indicate that author B is a law professor.

Sequential Approach: Eliminate any answer that doesn’t say that author A is a historian and author B is a law professor.

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Actually, we know that author A attends meetings of historians, so we can infer that she is an active member of the profession that she discusses. We can eliminate (A).

We also know that author B is an active member of the legal profession, which is the profession discussed in passage B.

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We know that author A attends meetings of historians, so we can infer that she is an active member of the profession that she discusses. We also know that author B is an active member of the profession that he discusses (the legal profession).

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We know that author A attends meetings of historians, so we can infer that she is an active member of the profession that she discusses. However, we also know that author B is an active member of the legal profession, and law is the profession discussed in passage B, so we can eliminate (C).

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The profession discussed in passage B is law; there is no evidence that author A practices law, so we can eliminate (D).

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Nothing indicates that author B is both a lawyer and a historian, so we can eliminate (E).

PrepTest 136 - Section 3 - Passage 2 - Question 8

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