Command of Evidence: Textual

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

A literary scholar argues that Toni Morrison's novels frequently reframe domestic spaces — kitchens, bedrooms, porches — as sites of historical consciousness rather than as merely private retreats.

Which observation, if true, would most strongly support the scholar's argument?

  • A

    Morrison's prose has been described as lyrical.

  • B

    Across Morrison's novels, characters in domestic settings repeatedly confront and articulate ancestral histories, with the domestic space itself prompting these reckonings.

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  • C

    Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

  • D

    Many novels feature domestic settings.

Explanation

A provides recurring textual evidence linking domestic spaces to historical reckoning, exactly as the scholar argues. B, C, and D are general background.

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