Power Score LSAT Course Test Preparation Book p. 257 #7

[saranash1]

First, how do we know whether the question is referring to the author or the critics when referring to the word "they" in the sentence "because they hold which of the following views"

Second, I don't understand what the answer choice means when it refers to an unambitious literary genre?

[Nikki Siclunov]

Proper grammar rules dictate that "they" is a pronoun referring to two or more people or things previously mentioned. Test-makers usually refer to the author as a "she," unless it is clear that the author is male.

"Unambitious literary genre" = a genre without aspirations to adopt a highbrow literary style (second paragraph).

[saranash1]

Thanks. I still can't find where it defines "unambitious literary genre". Is the answer based on her last sentence of the passage? The author kept flipping opinions around over and over again.

[BethRibet]

Hi Sara,

Thanks for following up.

Yes, the answer choice is paraphrasing, not quoting. And there is no definition of "unambitious literary genre". Lines 5-19 set up the opposition between highbrow and lowbrow literature. The 'ambition' in this context references aspiring to be more highbrow.

Hope that helps!
Beth

[saranash1]

ok thanks for your help!