Passage Discussion

[AshleighT608]

I am having trouble figuring out the scale of this passage. It seems to me that it is an informative passage that explains how you decide whether a ballad is a corrido or not a corrido, based on information the author has given. I'm new to deciphering the scale so I am not even sure how to word either side. I also don't know what side the author would be on... basically - Im confused...

[ohthatpatrick]

Hey, yeah you're totally on point. There's no scale. It's just informative and neutral throughout.

You shouldn't be reading RC passages thinking that every passage has a Scale. Most do, but it still might only be like 70% of them.

So don't try to force a square peg in a round hole.

EVERY passage has an author, who had a specific purpose and, through the lens of that purpose, could be said to have had some main point.

But this passage is a challenge even when it comes to localizing one claim as the Main Point. It was really just a debriefing on what corridos are / where they were used. You'd try to find whatever 2 or 3 things about corridos seemed to have the most importance/distinction to the author (P2's notion that they are simple retellings of stories and P3's notion that they use standard conventions)

[AshleighT608]

Gotcha, thank you so much!