The approach to poetry taken by a modern–day Italian immigrant in America would be most analogous to Phillis Wheatley...

J on September 13, 2019

The whole passage is textual support. One thing to note is that the majority of RC questions are must be true questions. They will 100% be supported by the passage.

Elizabeth on October 14, 2020

Where would the lines of support be?

Naryan on January 17 at 05:51PM

Thanks for the questions everyone!

You might say there's textual support from lines 48-55, but searching for textual support isn't the best way to approach these inference questions. The true reason E is correct is because of the whole passage, and how it describes Wheatley's poetry. She is someone who comes from a strong culture, and was in a position to develop that culture's poetry in a new space. Understanding this comes from reading the passage with interest, not from trying to memorize or highlight a few lines.

With this understanding, we can see that this story could apply to both Wheatley's, and a parallel case. Wheatley (in the eyes of the author) failed to use her position to forward African poetry, and instead stuck to English tradition. In a parallel situation our Italian poet would—you guessed it—fail to develop Italian poetry and instead stick to American traditions. This is exactly what E tells us.