Question

Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:

• A. For feminists, the question of how we read is inextricably linked with the question of what we read.
• B. Elaine Showalter’s critique of the literary curriculum is exemplary of this work.
• C. Androcentric literature structures the reading experience differently depending on the gender of the reader.
• D. The documentation of this realization was one of the earliest tasks undertaken by feminist critics.
• E. More specifically, the feminist inquiry into the activity of reading begins with the realization that the literary canon is androcentric, and that this has a profoundly damaging effect on women readers.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Androcentric literature structures the reading experience differently depending on the gender of the reader.

Answer 2

Option E discusses the realization of feminists about the androcentric nature of the literary canon, which is similar to Option D, which continues to Option B, discussing Elaine Showalter's criticism of literature curriculum.

Option C discusses the "reading experience" based on the reader's gender, which is marginally different from the realization of feminists about androcentric literature.

Option A connects with Option E, as both address the topic of what women read, aligning with the central idea of feminists' recognition of the harmful impact of literature on women readers.

Given these connections, AEDB forms a coherent sequence, while CE doesn't align as closely with the central idea.

Therefore, C is indeed to be eliminated, and AEDB presents a persuasive passage.