Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on a novelist's poor sales
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The novelist's later books sold poorly because her style had grown too difficult for readers.
Text 2
The later books sold poorly because her publisher lost its distributor and could not get them into shops. Reviews of those books were the best of her career.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
- A. Text 2 offers a commercial cause for the poor sales and evidence against Text 1's stylistic one.Correct
- B. Text 2 agrees that the style had grown too difficult.
- C. Text 2 says the later books sold well.
- D. Text 2 discusses a different novelist.
Answer: A. Text 2 offers a commercial cause for the poor sales and evidence against Text 1's stylistic one.
Distribution, not difficulty; reviews as counter-evidence.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 agrees that the style had grown too difficult.
- Text 2 cites the best reviews of her career.
- C. Text 2 says the later books sold well.
- Text 2 accepts the poor sales.
- D. Text 2 discusses a different novelist.
- The same novelist.
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