Set 8: Transitions
Explanation
PASSAGE
Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' argued that women are not born but made—that femininity is a social construction rather than biological destiny. This foundational feminist text analyzed how myths, literature, and economic arrangements conspire to cast women as 'Other.' _______ Beauvoir's emphasis on social construction influenced subsequent gender theory, including Judith Butler's later claim that even sex itself is discursively constructed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Detailed Answer Explanation
This question asks you to choose the transition that best connects two ideas. Butler's work extends Beauvoir's ideas. 'Building on this foundation' shows intellectual inheritance and development. Transitions signal the relationship between sentences or paragraphs. Determine the logical relationship (addition, contrast, cause-effect, example) and select the transition that accurately expresses it. The right transition makes the relationship between ideas crystal clear. Consider what logical connection exists: Is the second idea adding to the first? Contrasting it? Showing a result? The transition should accurately reflect this relationship.
Key Evidence:
• "femininity is a social construction"
• "influenced subsequent gender theory"
Why others are wrong: C (Contrast - Butler extends, not contradicts, Beauvoir.), D (Contrast - the influence is a continuation, not an unexpected outcome.), B (Example - Butler's work is a development, not an example of Beauvoir's argument.).
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