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In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2021, 04:00
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In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were perceived less as works of art than as chronicles of the ordinary lives of the townspeople. Like modern magazines, they related stories of important events, depicted prominent citizens in the community, and functioned as a record to preserve events for later generations.

The author of this passage makes her point by


(A) comparing something foreign with something more familiar to her readers
(B) citing examples to refute an opposing conclusion
(C) stating her opinion and explaining why she holds it
(D) expressing as fact something that is merely an opinion
(E) reducing art to its function as a means of communication
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Re: In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2024, 12:06
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­In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were perceived less as works of art than as chronicles of the ordinary lives of the townspeople. Like modern magazines, they related stories of important events, depicted prominent citizens in the community, and functioned as a record to preserve events for later generations.


(A) comparing something foreign with something more familiar to her readers


something in the past similar to what we do nowadays.


(E) reducing art to its function as a means of communication

Nothing in the stem suggests a tool or way or means to communicate something. There is a comparison.

Hope this helps

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In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2024, 12:20
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­in this context foreign= not known­

They actually made the second example of the magazine to show us that in the past centuries, something similar had been done with the glasses in the cathedrals.

Those glasses were the magazines of the time
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Re: In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2021, 05:53
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In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were perceived less as works of art than as chronicles of the ordinary lives of the townspeople. Like modern magazines, they related stories of important events, depicted prominent citizens in the community, and functioned as a record to preserve events for later generations.

The author of this passage makes her point by


(A) comparing something foreign with something more familiar to her readers
(B) citing examples to refute an opposing conclusion
(C) stating her opinion and explaining why she holds it
(D) expressing as fact something that is merely an opinion
(E) reducing art to its function as a means of communication



(A) comparing something foreign with something more familiar to her readers
We don't know what is foreign and what is familiar as nothing has been stated as such, also here an analogy has been drawn through comparison.
(B) citing examples to refute an opposing conclusion
We are not opposing anything here.
(C) stating her opinion and explaining why she holds it
It's not her opinion but a general consensus of that time.
(D) expressing as fact something that is merely an opinion
A fact is backed by the evidence which I think is missing here, also the author has merely drawn an analogy not trying to prove something as fact or not.
(E) reducing art to its function as a means of communication
Yup, as it is evident through the example author has given.
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Re: In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2022, 22:53
The official answer is A. I am confused why A is the correct answer and not C or E. I think both C and E can be the correct answers.
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Re: In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2022, 02:12
looking at the answer choices at first i was also struck in the last option but after while it got to me why it is not the first choice.
May be it is of taking a complete different aspect of society and mixing with another opposite aspect of the society which was never done before in the passage might lead to the wordings as "foriegn".
this might be the reason why it must have been option A or may be i am assuming it in that way, i don't know. Correct me if im wrong.
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In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 29 Mar 2024, 12:12
Please help between A and E. The passage itself has talked about the function of art. Does that mean the art was already known for its function and the author merely gave a similar example from the current time. But magazines are no art.­

Originally posted by Haffun on 29 Mar 2024, 11:45.
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Re: In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were pe [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2024, 12:11
carcass wrote:
­In the twelfth century the stained glass windows of cathedrals were perceived less as works of art than as chronicles of the ordinary lives of the townspeople. Like modern magazines, they related stories of important events, depicted prominent citizens in the community, and functioned as a record to preserve events for later generations.


(A) comparing something foreign with something more familiar to her readers


something in the past similar to what we do nowadays.


(E) reducing art to its function as a means of communication

Nothing in the stem suggests a tool or way or means to communicate something. There is a comparison.

Hope this helps

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­Thank you. Yes, I had a connection issue. I have deleted the duplicate posts. Sorry for that. 

What I do not understand here is the word 'foreign' used for the stained glass. It could be ancient but commonly known.
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