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Answer: ASet 2: Cross-Text Connections
Explanation
PASSAGE
Text 1 The detective novel follows a strict formula: a crime occurs, a detective investigates, and the culprit is revealed. This structure provides readers with a comforting sense of order and resolution. Text 2 Modern 'noir' fiction often subverts this formula. Crimes may go unsolved, detectives are morally ambiguous, and the ending offers no clear justice, reflecting the chaos of the real world.
Which choice best describes the difference in reader experience implied by the two genres?
A. Traditional novels offer reassuring closure, while noir fiction confronts the reader with uncertainty.✓ Correct
B. Noir fiction is more boring than traditional novels.
C. Traditional novels are too confusing.
D. Both genres are exactly the same.
Detailed Explanation
Text 1: Order/Resolution (Reassuring). Text 2: Unsolved/No justice (Uncertainty).
Key Evidence:
• "comforting sense of order"
• "no clear justice"
• "chaos"
Why others are wrong: B (Subdivision/Chaos.), C (Formulaic.), D (Opposite.).