A critical reading question!

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<p>Hi, I wish someone can explain this critical reading question for me. I am gonna take the Oct.SAT and still make mistakes in reading.</p>

<p>Words have always held a particular power for me. I remember leafing through a book of Native American poems one morning while I was waiting for my Shakespeare class to begin and being struck by a phrase from the preface,"The word, the word above all, is truly ,agical, not only by its meaning, but by its artful manipulation."</p>

<p>Question: The author of the passage uses the quotation in lines 4-5 primarily as a:
A.vivid expression of how she views words.
B.scholarly citation linking her to poetic words.
C.pragmatic assessment of the power of words for beginning drama students.</p>

<p>The answer is A. I can never understand : "~~~" is said by someone else, how could it be an expression of the author?
why C is wrong?</p>

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<p>I have taken a practice test on this particular passage!! Here, C is wrong because the narrator NEVER relates how she feels about words with the fact that she takes drama lessons. Moreover, this passage focuses on her “relationship” with words. She quotes a particular sentence because it’s truthfulness stroke her!</p>

<p>I’m taking the October SAT too… Best of luck!!</p>

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<p>Remember something very important for ALL critical reading questions. If the answer does not pop out at you – use process of elimination to find 4 bad answers and circle in the remaining answer. </p>

<p>In this case, C cannot be right because there is no mention of it being advice for beginning drama students. </p>

<p>Answer B cannot be right since it is not accurate at all. </p>

<p>When in doubt, eliminate the bad answers, and whatever you are left with will be correct.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the explaination. Good luck everyone!</p>