For a function question, identify the claim established before the underlined portion and the interpretation developed after it. Then test each option against every important element of the targeted sentence; when the sentence contains a contrast, the best answer will often need to explain how both sides of that contrast contribute to the passage’s reasoning.
Hints
- Hint 1
Track the critical claim
Compare the critics’ interpretation at the beginning with the issue the final sentence says that interpretation leaves unexplained.
- Hint 2
Consider both visual elements
Ask what is suggested by the sisters remaining still and what is suggested by the camera crossing the threshold.
- Hint 3
Determine the kind of revision
Decide whether the passage ultimately discards the original interpretation, accepts it without modification, or finds it incomplete.
Step-by-step
- Step 1
Identify the initial interpretation
The passage begins with the critics’ claim that Anwar’s doorways are fixed symbols of emotional isolation, using the static composition in “Winter Rooms” as an example.
- Step 2
Analyze both elements of the underlined scene
In “Harbor Signal,” the sisters remain on opposite sides of the doorway, which supports its association with separation. At the same time, the camera crosses the threshold, introducing movement across the apparent boundary.
- Step 3
Connect the example to the closing analysis
The following sentences acknowledge that the sisters’ positions resemble the pattern in “Winter Rooms” but argue that this similarity does not account for the camera’s path. Therefore, the underlined sentence supplies both support for the established interpretation and a reason to broaden it.