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[dagen.m.downard]

Why is the answer E? By process of elimination, how do we arrive at E? Thanks!

[rinagoldfield]

Hi Dagen,

Thanks for your post. This is kind of a weird inference question.

Let’s think about the passage for a minute. The passage opens with introductory stuff (what is a corrido, etc.). The passage then details the form of the corrido: its metaphors, its images, its use of repetition, its rhyme schemes.

The correct answer choice should reflect the passage’s emphasis on the poetic form/style of the corrido.

(A) is unsupported. A brochure for tourists would probably suggest a place to listen to corridos; tourists go sightseeing, after all. Also, a brochure for tourists probably wouldn’t offer so much detail about the corrido’s poetic form"”would the average tourist visiting the Rio Grande care that much about a particular kind of folk song?

(B) is narrow and contradicted. The passage barely mentions the corrido-Spain connection. Also, the passage tells us that that the corrido "has roots in 18th century Spain" (line 6). So Spain influenced the corrido, not the other way around.

(C) is unsupported. Editorials offer opinions. This passage is informative, not opinionated.

(D) is out of scope. "Famous natives" aren’t described. (One might argue that the "hero Cortez" described in the second and third paragraphs is a "famous native." But the passage analyzes fictionalized depictions of Cortez, not his actual life.)

(E) is supported! This answer choice corresponds to what we were looking for: a book that focuses on the form or style of songs.

Hope that helps!

[marshal_of_grey]

The problem I had with E was that the first line says "The corrido, a type of narrative folk song..." Defining it as a narrative folk song in a book about folk songs would be super strange.

[zee.brad]

The problem I had with E was that the first line says "The corrido, a type of narrative folk song..." Defining it as a narrative folk song in a book about folk songs would be super strange.

Why though? A type of narrative folk song still A Kind of folk songs, that makes and choice E the best

[jon.sesso]

To get to E.... Picture a book that has, say, 10 chapters. Each chapter focuses on on North American folk song forms. Does this passage focus on ONE of those forms? Yes. It's in chapter 8. This is just the first couple pages. Later in the chapter we'll learn even more about thunderstorms and cattle located in corrido song forms. Chapter 9 focuses on Teen Pop, which also rarely uses metaphors to ensure simplicity and Taylor Swiftness, but instead focuses on themes "such as sexual or emotional love or relationships, finding yourself, friendships, coming of age, fitting in, and growing up" (Wikipedia).

Careful not to confuse North America with the United States as that misconception would gravely weaken the answer choice.