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Complete Question Explanation
The correct answer choice is (B).
This is a Specific Reference question, meaning we should return to the passage to prephrase the answer. The question stem refers us to lines 32-36, which give us Dove's observations from her time in Germany, where she says there were not restrictions between which genres that writers could create in. We should also think about the context of the paragraph these lines are in. This is the paragraph where the author tells us there's a trend toward blending the two genres and that Rita Dove is an example of this. So those lines show us how Rita Dove's experiences in Germany showed her that the distinction between poetry and fiction does not need to be as restrictive as it is in the U.S.
Answer choice (A): The lines refer to Dove's experience in Germany but do not suggest that the blending or separation of poetry and fiction have anything to do with whether or not the society is English-speaking or not.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased, the referred to lines describe how Dove's experience in Germany showed her that poetry and fiction do not have to be rigidly separated.
Answer choice (C): Again, the lines refer to Dove's experience in Germany but do not suggest that her strengths as a writer can mainly be attributed to the fact that she has studied internationally. This answer choice doesn't address the blending of genres that she learned from her experience.
Answer choice (D): The author is not trying to enhance the human interest appeal of the passage. The entire passage is focused on the delineation between poetry and fiction and presenting Dove as an example of the blending of those genres, not providing biographical details of Dove.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is too specific and too strong to be supported by the passage. The lines don't provide us with enough information to conclude that Dove's experience in Germany was the origin of her opposition to the separation of fiction and poetry. Just that the experience highlighted how that separation is unnecessary.
The correct answer choice is (B).
This is a Specific Reference question, meaning we should return to the passage to prephrase the answer. The question stem refers us to lines 32-36, which give us Dove's observations from her time in Germany, where she says there were not restrictions between which genres that writers could create in. We should also think about the context of the paragraph these lines are in. This is the paragraph where the author tells us there's a trend toward blending the two genres and that Rita Dove is an example of this. So those lines show us how Rita Dove's experiences in Germany showed her that the distinction between poetry and fiction does not need to be as restrictive as it is in the U.S.
Answer choice (A): The lines refer to Dove's experience in Germany but do not suggest that the blending or separation of poetry and fiction have anything to do with whether or not the society is English-speaking or not.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased, the referred to lines describe how Dove's experience in Germany showed her that poetry and fiction do not have to be rigidly separated.
Answer choice (C): Again, the lines refer to Dove's experience in Germany but do not suggest that her strengths as a writer can mainly be attributed to the fact that she has studied internationally. This answer choice doesn't address the blending of genres that she learned from her experience.
Answer choice (D): The author is not trying to enhance the human interest appeal of the passage. The entire passage is focused on the delineation between poetry and fiction and presenting Dove as an example of the blending of those genres, not providing biographical details of Dove.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is too specific and too strong to be supported by the passage. The lines don't provide us with enough information to conclude that Dove's experience in Germany was the origin of her opposition to the separation of fiction and poetry. Just that the experience highlighted how that separation is unnecessary.
