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Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a novelist's early work

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The novelist's first three books are apprentice work, of interest only because of what she wrote later. Text 2 The first three books are uneven, but the second of them contains, in its middle chapters, the voice that made her famous, fully formed. Readers who skip the early work miss its first appearance.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 concedes the unevenness of the early books but argues that one of them already shows the novelist's mature voice.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 agrees that the early books are of no interest in themselves.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that the later books are worse than the early ones.
  4. D. Text 2 denies that the early books are uneven.

Answer: A. Text 2 concedes the unevenness of the early books but argues that one of them already shows the novelist's mature voice.

Uneven, but the voice is there.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 agrees that the early books are of no interest in themselves.
Text 2 says readers miss something by skipping them.
C. Text 2 argues that the later books are worse than the early ones.
No such comparison.
D. Text 2 denies that the early books are uneven.
Text 2 calls them uneven.

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