Q9

[jiyoonsim]

For #9, I struggled a lot between A and B, and ended up choosing A because of the term "reference" and "literal translation." I tried to figure out why A is not the right answer afterward, but I still can't tell why A is wrong and B is right. At this point they all make sense to me.

Could anyone please clarify?

[bbirdwell]

Tough problem!

Let's visit the original text a few lines before line 46.

"blablablablabla Hopi names blablablbala. Similar to what some dude said about Apache names: blabla."

(A) is really specific, and better describes why the author mentioned Lomayayva. Note that we don't know that all Apache place names contain non-literal references, and that mentioning "Apache place names" isn't quite an "example" like Lomayayva is.

(B) describes the summarization above. A commentator called Apache names "imagist poems," which the author thinks applies to Hopi personal names.

(C) is too specific -- we know nothing of the Apache practices.

(D) is not specific enough. While the Apache names may do that (we don't really know), there's more too it than that -- they're used more as a means of further describing Hopi names than as an example in their own right.

(E) is not even close (way too specific.... and wrong).

Does that help?

[mcrittell]

I too am having trouble deciding between A and B.

Is A incorrect because "Western Apache place names" isn't an "example"? The reason why I chose A was because P3's topic sentence is about how "a specific event that isn't apparent in a name's literal translation." And that combined with "condensed image this name evokes" made me think that it was a reference.

I was going to pick B because it leads into the commentator's characterization, but I guess I thought A had stronger textual evidence.

[bbirdwell]

Let's visit the original text a few lines before line 46.

"blablablablabla Hopi names blablablbala. Similar to what some dude said about Apache names: blabla."

(A) is really specific, and better describes why the author mentioned Lomayayva. Note that we don't know that all Apache place names contain non-literal references, and that mentioning "Apache place names" isn't quite an "example" like Lomayayva is.

(B) describes the summarization above. A commentator called Apache names "imagist poems," which the author thinks applies to Hopi personal names.

Just be as direct as possible: WHY does the author state the words "Western Apache place names?"

Well, this phrase is used to describe "Hopi personal names." (ie Hopi names are like Apache names)

(A) seems right because the whole paragraph is about the imagery evoked in names. Like I said in the post above, though, "Apache place names" is not really used as an EXAMPLE to demonstrate references... This answer choice better describes why the author mentions "Lomayayva." This is more of an "example."

(C) points directly to the function of those words in the sentence in which they appear.