PrepTest 135 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 5

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Intro topic · Three notable autobiographical collections by U.S. Latina authors

Expect the main point to relate to why these three collections are significant

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Significance of collections · They cross boundaries between languages, identities, and rhetorical styles

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Significance of first collection · Borderlands/La Frontera

Blends personal and cultural history using narrative and poetry

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Significance of second collection · Loving in the War Years

Blends genres, non-chronological sequence of events

Critic's perspective · Non-chronological writing sets women's autobiographies apart from men's

It's unclear if this critic thinks men's autobiographies never use non-chronological writing, but at the very least, it's not the traditional approach

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Significance of third collection · Getting Home Alive

Combines mother's and daughter's perspectives

Author's perspective · These complex narrative styles convey complex identities

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Main point · These three collections by U.S. Latina authors use innovative methods to express complex, marginalized identities

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The author says that Getting Home Alive “departs even further from the conventions typical of autobiography.” So the author thinks it’s innovative. The author also notes that the structure might be confusing, but it’s an intentional experiment with literary structure.

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This is too negative. We have no reason to think the author is disappointed about any aspect of the work.

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There’s no evidence the author is surprised at others considering the work important.

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The author doesn’t suggest any view on the likelihood that scholars will widely recognize it as a work of history and criticism. He doesn’t make any comments on how scholars are generally likely to perceive it (other than to note that the structure might seem confusing).

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The author doesn’t suggest that this work in particular should get credit for broadening an understanding of autobiography. The author thinks all three works mentioned have revolutionized autobiography. In addition, the author doesn’t actually indicate that critics have broadened what they consider to be autobiographies. The author believes the Latina writers have revolutionized the genre; this doesn’t imply the author thinks critics agree with this view.

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