Main point Β·Jacobs' narrative should be viewed as "antidomestic novel"
Uses conventions of domestic genre to subvert that same genre, highlights the need for a different perspective to understand the lives of slave women
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
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With which one of the βββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ
Question Type
Authorβs perspective
Implied
Itβs difficult to predict the correct answer just based on the question stem. Letβs look for the answer that the author is most likely to agree with.
a
Some authors of βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββββββββ
Not supported, because the author denies the view that Jacobs allowed the domestic novel genre to overshadow her own experiences. The critics would agree with (A), but not the author.
Not supported, because although Jacobs wrote a narrative that was part of the domestic novel genre, it didnβt conform to the conventions of that genre in every way. Rather, the narrative showed that certain aspects of the protagonist couldnβt be understood without abandoning convention.
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d
An autobiography, no ββββ ββββ β ββββββ ββββββ ββββ β ββββββββ ββββββ
Not supported, because the author never indicates an opinion about the level of power in a story and whether autobiographies should seek to tell stories that are powerful. In fact, the author never expresses an opinion about what an autobiography βshouldβ do. She does describe what Jacobsβ novel in fact does, but this doesnβt tell us what the author believes autobiographies should do.
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e
Autobiographies should be βββββββββ βββ ββ βββββ ββββββββ βββββ βββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ
The author never expresses an opinion about how autobiographies βshould be evaluated.β The author focuses on showing that criticsβ view of what Jacobsβ narrative does is wrong; but the author never suggests that the critics were evaluating autobiographies using the wrong criteria.
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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.
Critique or debate passages contain multiple points of view on a particular subject. Sometimes the author takes sides and participates in the critique or debate, other times the author merely reports the debate.
Passages that highlight a person, issue, or historical event or development. These passages often focus on why that thing is significant, distinctive, or interesting.