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The rise of popular magazines and magazine sections of daily newspapers during the last thirty years has resulted in a type of writing known as the “special feature article.” Such articles, presenting interesting and timely subjects in popular forms, are designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals. Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman. Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects. Other papers had seen the value of the “human interest” phases of the day’s happenings. It was not surprising, therefore, that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news. The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article, with its story-like form, its touches of description, its “human interest,” its dramatic situations, its character portrayal—all effectively used to furnish information and entertainment for that rapid reader, the “average American.”
1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?

I. It is targeted at a niche audience.
II. It was not created independently but rather evolved from some other types of articles.
III. It is sensationalist in nature.

(A) I
(B) II
(C) I & III
(D) II & III
(E) All of above

2. What is the primary concern of the passage?

(A) Comparing treatment of news in various publications.
(B) Describing the attempt by certain newspapers to provide sensationalist writing.
(C) Exploring features of alternate news reporting.
(D) Describing the popularity of a particular type of writing and explaining its evolution.
(E) Advocating the use of a particular type of writing in newspapers.

3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

(A) Most readers of daily newspapers are from the older segment of the population.
(B) Daily newspapers sensationalize everyday news.
(C) Daily newspapers cater to the average man and woman.
(D) Special feature articles traditionally dealt with serious issues.
(E) Special feature articles were published daily to retain reader interest.


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The rise of popular magazines and magazine sections of daily newspapers during the last thirty years has resulted in a type of writing known as the “special feature article.” Such articles, presenting interesting and timely subjects in popular forms, are designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals. Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman. Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects. Other papers had seen the value of the “human interest” phases of the day’s happenings. It was not surprising, therefore, that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news. The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article, with its story-like form, its touches of description, its “human interest,” its dramatic situations, its character portrayal—all effectively used to furnish information and entertainment for that rapid reader, the “average American.”

1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?

I. It is targeted at a niche audience.
II. It was not created independently but rather evolved from some other types of articles.
III. It is sensationalist in nature.

(A) I
(B) II
(C) I & III
(D) II & III
(E) All of above


2. What is the primary concern of the passage?

(A) Comparing treatment of news in various publications.
(B) Describing the attempt by certain newspapers to provide sensationalist writing.
(C) Exploring features of alternate news reporting.
(D) Describing the popularity of a particular type of writing and explaining its evolution.
(E) Advocating the use of a particular type of writing in newspapers.


3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

(A) Most readers of daily newspapers are from the older segment of the population.
(B) Daily newspapers sensationalize everyday news.
(C) Daily newspapers cater to the average man and woman.
(D) Special feature articles traditionally dealt with serious issues.
(E) Special feature articles were published daily to retain reader interest.


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I'm a bit confused with the 3 question could please provide the solution.
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3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

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The author has mentioned in the first para how daily newspapers had almost perfected the knack of retaining reader interest by writing in an interesting manner to attract the average man and woman. Hence, (C) is the correct answer.

(A) The age group of readers for daily newspapers is not mentioned.

(B) The passage specially mentions ‘so-called sensational papers’ doing so. The daily newspapers are not mentioned as doing so.

(D) The passage never states this anywhere.

(E) The author has mentioned the Sunday edition carrying these articles—not the daily editions.

Answer: C
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1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?

I. It is targeted at a niche audience-
"to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals." the passage doesn't say new class of readers, its only talking about readers who were not reached by older literary periodicals. NO
II. It was not created independently but rather evolved from some other types of articles-
"The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article" & "The rise of popular magazines and magazine sections of daily newspapers during the last thirty years has resulted in a type of writing known as the “special feature article.”"
YES
III. It is sensationalist in nature-
"Certain so-called sensational papers." NO


(A) I
(B) II
(C) I & III
(D) II & III
(E) All of above

ANS- B
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2. What is the primary concern of the passage?

(A) Comparing treatment of news in various publications- nonsense
(B) Describing the attempt by certain newspapers to provide sensationalist writing- nonsense
(C) Exploring features of alternate news reporting- nonsense
(D) Describing the popularity of a particular type of writing and explaining its evolution- CORRECT
The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article, with its story-like form, its touches of description, its.....
(E) Advocating the use of a particular type of writing in newspapers- wrong the author isn't advocating anything, just describing.

ANS- D
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3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

(A) Most readers of daily newspapers are from the older segment of the population- wrong, no support
(B) Daily newspapers sensationalize everyday news- wrong, mumble jumble nonsense
(C) Daily newspapers cater to the average man and woman- CORRECT
Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman.
(D) Special feature articles traditionally dealt with serious issues- wrong, no support
(E) Special feature articles were published daily to retain reader interest- wrong, very wide assumption

ANS- C
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The rise of popular magazines and magazine sections of daily newspapers during the last thirty years has resulted in a type of writing known as the “special feature article.” Such articles, presenting interesting and timely subjects in popular forms, are designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals. Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman. Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects. Other papers had seen the value of the “human interest” phases of the day’s happenings. It was not surprising, therefore, that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news. The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article, with its story-like form, its touches of description, its “human interest,” its dramatic situations, its character portrayal—all effectively used to furnish information and entertainment for that rapid reader, the “average American.”

1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?

I. It is targeted at a niche audience.
II. It was not created independently but rather evolved from some other types of articles.
III. It is sensationalist in nature.

(A) I
(B) II
(C) I & III
(D) II & III
(E) All of above


2. What is the primary concern of the passage?

(A) Comparing treatment of news in various publications.
(B) Describing the attempt by certain newspapers to provide sensationalist writing.
(C) Exploring features of alternate news reporting.
(D) Describing the popularity of a particular type of writing and explaining its evolution.
(E) Advocating the use of a particular type of writing in newspapers.


3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

(A) Most readers of daily newspapers are from the older segment of the population.
(B) Daily newspapers sensationalize everyday news.
(C) Daily newspapers cater to the average man and woman.
(D) Special feature articles traditionally dealt with serious issues.
(E) Special feature articles were published daily to retain reader interest.


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1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?
The clue is "Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects.". So II is correct.
It is "designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals.", not to reach niche audiences, so I is incorrect.
Additionally, "Certain so-called sensational papers", the Special Feature Article is not sensationalist so III is also wrong. (B) is correct.

2. What is the primary concern of the passage?
The clue is "Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects."..."....that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news.". (D) is correct.

3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?
It is very clearly mentioned in the passage that "Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman.". I tried looking for other options in the passage but this was eminent. (C) is correct.
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" designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals" - This by itself means reaching a niche audience

for eg, we might infer that these newspapers were not able to attract young audience,
and now with these special feature articles, they are able to target these young group of people (which they weren't able to do earlier)
won't we call this young group of people as "niche" audience?

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The rise of popular magazines and magazine sections of daily newspapers during the last thirty years has resulted in a type of writing known as the “special feature article.” Such articles, presenting interesting and timely subjects in popular forms, are designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals. Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman. Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects. Other papers had seen the value of the “human interest” phases of the day’s happenings. It was not surprising, therefore, that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news. The product of these efforts at popularization was the special feature article, with its story-like form, its touches of description, its “human interest,” its dramatic situations, its character portrayal—all effectively used to furnish information and entertainment for that rapid reader, the “average American.”

1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?

I. It is targeted at a niche audience.
II. It was not created independently but rather evolved from some other types of articles.
III. It is sensationalist in nature.

(A) I
(B) II
(C) I & III
(D) II & III
(E) All of above


2. What is the primary concern of the passage?

(A) Comparing treatment of news in various publications.
(B) Describing the attempt by certain newspapers to provide sensationalist writing.
(C) Exploring features of alternate news reporting.
(D) Describing the popularity of a particular type of writing and explaining its evolution.
(E) Advocating the use of a particular type of writing in newspapers.


3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?

(A) Most readers of daily newspapers are from the older segment of the population.
(B) Daily newspapers sensationalize everyday news.
(C) Daily newspapers cater to the average man and woman.
(D) Special feature articles traditionally dealt with serious issues.
(E) Special feature articles were published daily to retain reader interest.


RC Butler 2022 - Practice Two RC Passages Everyday.
Passage # 127 Date: 29-Mar-2022
This question is a part of RC Butler 2022. Click here for Details

1. The passage implies which of the following about the Special Feature Article?
The clue is "Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects.". So II is correct.
It is "designed to attract a class of readers that were not reached by the older literary periodicals.", not to reach niche audiences, so I is incorrect.
Additionally, "Certain so-called sensational papers", the Special Feature Article is not sensationalist so III is also wrong. (B) is correct.

2. What is the primary concern of the passage?
The clue is "Certain so-called sensational papers had gone a step further in these attempts to give added attractiveness to news and had emphasized its melodramatic aspects."..."....that Sunday editors of newspapers should undertake to apply to special articles the same methods that had proved successful in the treatment of news.". (D) is correct.

3. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage most likely agree with?
It is very clearly mentioned in the passage that "Daily newspapers had already discovered the advantage of giving the day’s news in a form that could be read rapidly with the maximum degree of interest by the average man and woman.". I tried looking for other options in the passage but this was eminent. (C) is correct.
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