LSAT 138 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q7

RC Question 7 Explanation

DISCUSSION: For this type of question, pick the 1-2 answers that seem most likely, then look to the passage to find support.

There will usually be a specific line to support the correct answer. If you don’t support your answers using the passage, you will make mistakes.

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1. The second paragraph makes clear that corrido writers avoided metaphor because corridos were a very direct form of narrative.
2. We’re told nothing about other ballads. They may also be familiar to local audiences.
3. Corridos descended from spanish ballads, but that doesn’t mean they use the same imagery. It sounds like corridos use imagery from their local area.
4. Rhyme is only mentioned in the last part of paragraph 3. Freedom from the constraints of rhyme is never mentioned.
5. CORRECT. Corridos share many elements: They’re from the border region (the middle part of paragraph 1), they’re direct (the first sentence of paragraph 2), they use local imagery (the last sentence of paragraph 1). Even without a despedida we could probably identify them.