June 2007 LSAT Section 4 Question 4

The author's attitude toward the deep rift between poetry and fiction in the U.S. can be most accurately described as...

@MichaelaJ on August 28 at 11:10PM

Why is the answer E? Why won't C work?

Hello I don't understand how E could be the answer. It sounded as though the author in the beginning was neutral regarding the rift but as the passage progresses moves towards agreeing that the genres don't need to be separated given the works of Rita Dove. Thanks!

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Emil-Kunkin on August 30 at 12:50AM

You just said exactly why it's E and not C. The author starts out fairly neutral in the first paragraph, but then explicitly come out in favor of melding disciplines in the first few lines of the second paragraph. The author also is clearly in favor of blending the two disciplines in the final paragraph. This is far from ambivalence, the author had a distinct view that was not neutral.

@MichaelaJ on August 31 at 02:09PM

I think I understand. I had the correct train of thought but misunderstood the answer choice? Does Ambivalence mean "in favor" of a particular view rather than neutral?

Emil-Kunkin on September 4 at 01:25AM

I think the opposite, that is, it means equivocal or neutral.