Q4

[OliviaW993]

Why is A wrong?

[Laura Damone]

Forgive the delayed response: we're catching up after the holiday!

Answer choice A follows a very common (and tempting!) pattern for wrong answer choices in Purpose of Information questions. It expresses something true about the piece of information - the Harlem Renaissance is an example of a successful artistic movement and it did precede the Negro Units of the FTP - but it doesn't accurately describe the reason the author shared that information. The information was shared in order to provide context for the internal debates within the African American artistic community concerning the artistic and sociopolitical goals of Negro Units. How do we know? The first word of the paragraph's second sentence: "Thus!" When information precedes a conclusion indicator word like "thus," "therefore," etc., we know that information was offered in support of the conclusion the indicator word introduces.

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