LSAT 138 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q5

RC Question 5 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Look at the start of the paragraph. It says that corridos are direct. The passage then says that metaphors are used rarely.

The lack of metaphors is mentioned to emphasize that corridos use direct language.

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1. CORRECT. See the explanation above. The lack of metaphor helps show that corridos use direct language.
2. This is nonsense. There is no commonplace assertion that corridos use narratives. Further, corridos are narratives.
3. Corridos are direct. They generally avoid poetic language.
4. Actually, corridos aren’t that old. The oldest surviving corrido is only 150 years old.
5. The article mentions variants of the corrido of Cortez in the third sentence of paragraph 3. The passage doesn’t say that they all have a metaphor in common.