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Set 3: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 Utopian literature imagines an ideal society to critique the present. By showing a perfect world, the author highlights the flaws of their own reality. Text 2 Dystopian literature, popular in the 20th century, operates by taking current societal trends to their nightmarish extremes. Instead of an ideal, it presents a warning of what might happen if current flaws remain unchecked.

Which choice best compares the rhetorical strategies of the genres?

A. Utopia critiques through contrast with an ideal, while dystopia critiques through extrapolation to a disaster.✓ Correct
B. Utopia is happy, dystopia is sad.
C. They have opposite goals.
D. Neither critiques society.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Utopia = Ideal (Contrast). Text 2: Dystopia = Nightmare/Trends to extremes (Extrapolation). Comparison: Contrast vs Extrapolation.

Key Evidence:

• "showing a perfect world"

• "taking current trends to ... extremes"

Why others are wrong: B (Strategy, not mood.), C (Same goal (critique).), D (Both do.).

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