Praxis Reading › Determining authorial attitude toward the material
If what the reader is looking for is careful craft, minute attention to detail, and detailed plotting, they may doubt the talents of Richard Browler. If, on the other hand, the reader values the higher values to be found in literature, originality, style, humor, grace and intellectual engagement, they will find much to love in the Browler canon.
The author of this passage _______________.
believes that Browler's work is of value, as his strengths are of more value than his bad traits are of negative value
believes that Browler is a sloppy writer whose plots are lacking
believes that Browler's literary vices and virtues are equally balanced
does not express, nor give hints about his/her, opinion on the nature of Browler's work
None of these
This brief statement begins by enumerating the factors that may lead a reader to "doubt the talents of Richard Browler," and then pivots into describing the virtues of his work. The key to figuring out which side of these vices and virtues the author lies can be found in the phrase "the higher values to be found in literature," which clearly lets the reader that the author values the positive traits as more important than the negative ones.