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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14202)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for the author’s purpose in discussing Getting Home Alive. The author presents
this work in the third paragraph as an example of a significant departure from the standard
autobiography—written by two women, interweaving their narratives and poems in a complex
experiment intended to parallel the complex formation of their identities.
Answer choice (A): The author’s primary purpose in discussing Getting Home Alive is not to
distinguish it from the other two autobiographies discussed, but rather to show how far the authors
depart from the standard approach to the autobiography.
Answer choice (B): In the second paragraph the author mentions that journal entries and poems are
among the forms found in the three collections discussed, this is not in reference to Getting Home
Alive specifically; it is certainly not the author’s main purpose in discussing that book.
Answer choice (C): This is an Opposite answer, as the use of multiple voices represents a clear
departure from the traditional autobiography, not a common feature.
Answer choice (D): The author points out that the book might seem confusing and fragmentary, but
that this intentionally mimicked the complexities of the authors’ identities. Regardless, the discussion
of the book was not primarily intended to show why readers have difficulty understanding, but rather
to show how much the book departs from the traditional approach to the autobiography.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased, this work was presented to
exemplify the extent to which the authors departed from the genre’s traditional approach to form and
structure.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14202)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for the author’s purpose in discussing Getting Home Alive. The author presents
this work in the third paragraph as an example of a significant departure from the standard
autobiography—written by two women, interweaving their narratives and poems in a complex
experiment intended to parallel the complex formation of their identities.
Answer choice (A): The author’s primary purpose in discussing Getting Home Alive is not to
distinguish it from the other two autobiographies discussed, but rather to show how far the authors
depart from the standard approach to the autobiography.
Answer choice (B): In the second paragraph the author mentions that journal entries and poems are
among the forms found in the three collections discussed, this is not in reference to Getting Home
Alive specifically; it is certainly not the author’s main purpose in discussing that book.
Answer choice (C): This is an Opposite answer, as the use of multiple voices represents a clear
departure from the traditional autobiography, not a common feature.
Answer choice (D): The author points out that the book might seem confusing and fragmentary, but
that this intentionally mimicked the complexities of the authors’ identities. Regardless, the discussion
of the book was not primarily intended to show why readers have difficulty understanding, but rather
to show how much the book departs from the traditional approach to the autobiography.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased, this work was presented to
exemplify the extent to which the authors departed from the genre’s traditional approach to form and
structure.