A question about a difference between two texts tests whether you can tell how their views differ. Start with the question to find the topic and whose views you're comparing. Then put each author's main point in a few words, including the reasons behind it. Ask how the views differ, and check each half against its own text. Wrong choices can swap the authors' views or invent a difference neither text supports.
Hints
- Hint 1
Connect the report about book returns to the directors’ view in Text 1. What point do they make from those returns?
- Hint 2
Read Text 2 from but through the final sentence, and ask where its view differs from Text 1’s.
Step-by-step
Find how the views differ
Step 1Find Text 1’s main point
The directors report that more patrons returned long-overdue books after fees ended, which shows how Text 1 views fee removal. What do they take that change to mean? The phrases more welcoming and helps more materials circulate show that they see gains for both patrons and the library.
- Step 2
Find what Text 2 adds
Text 2 says fee removal can reduce barriers for patrons, but what does it add? A small number of patrons may keep books longer without a fee to encourage returns. That could leave popular titles unavailable to others, so Text 2 raises an access concern.
- Step 3
Use the advice to judge the difference
Does Text 2 reject fee removal or support it with limits? It recommends that libraries should pair fee elimination with other policies, so it wants to handle risks while keeping the policy. Broadly beneficial describes Text 1’s praise, while address possible downsides describes Text 2’s call for extra policies. Choice C.