Q8

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(moving Dan's original post here)

8. (A)
Question Type: Synthesis (1-2, 21-24)
This question requires that we really understand the overall flow of the passage (in other words,
our understanding of the scale is very important). In summary, there has historically been a deep
rift between poetry and fiction, but recently there are signs that this rift is diminishing. Rita Dove
is an example. If we were to predict the future, we could justifiably assume that the future might
see a growing number of writers crossing the generic boundaries between genres. Answer (A)
expresses just this.

(B) is out of scope. The passage mentions nothing of the market for lyric poetry.
(C) is an unsupported interpretation.
(D) is a contradictory interpretation. This is the exact opposite of what the passage indicates.
(E) is out of scope. We know nothing of the size or nature of the reading audiences of poetry or
fiction.