RC Question 4 Explanation
DISCUSSION: The author doesn’t like the rift. The use of “fortunately” on line 21 makes this clear.
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- The author isn’t confused. Lines 15-17 give a possible explanation for the rift.
- Rubbish. Academics haven’t overlooked the rift. Academics believe poetry and fiction are separate! They even train each type of writer separately (see lines 3-5). (This means academics are aware of and support the rift.)
- The use of “fortunately” on line 21 shows the author thinks the rift is a bad thing.
- Lines 21-24 say that there are now multiple authors breaking down the rift by writing in both genres. So the author is optimistic, not pessimistic.
- CORRECT. The use of “fortunately” on line 21 shows the author disagrees with this. They think the rift is a bad thing. Their approving discussion of Dove’s cross-disciplinary work shows the author believes that the split between poetry and fiction is artificial.
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I think you forgot to write “CORRECT” for answer choice E.
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Note: This is an old comment but I wanted to address the correction.