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<p>In terms of its approach, Takaki’s book is similar to Victor and Bret Nee’s Longtime Californ’ (1972) because both
Line are media through which diverse Asian 5 American voices surface. The major
difference is in how they collected and use the voices. The Nees identified and selected representative personalities from different segments of the Chinese
10 American community in San Francisco, whom they laboriously interviewed themselves over a two-year period, and placed these lengthy, in-depth interviews largely verbatim in their book with
15 minimal narrative and analysis. From the analytical standpoint, the book broke no new ground. But it succeeded in giving us the sights, sounds, flavors, perspectives, and feelings of the community that had
20 never before been permitted to surface. For their labor, the book received lavish reviews by the mainstream press.</p>

<ol>
<li>Asusedinline1,“approach”mostnearlymeans
(A) beginning (B) technique (C) hypothesis (D) advance (E) style</li>
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<p>Is it B?
I would like to know the answer… before providing an explanation…</p>

3

<p>E. Right?</p>

<p>10 char</p>

4

<p>yes it is B</p>

5

<p>Well, darn. >.< </p>

<p>-0.25 for me.</p>

<p>but I don’t get it… because the passage states that the difference is in how they collected and used the voices, so wouldn’t that “how they collected” be Technique?</p>

6

<p>JefferyJung is right…I was confused at why collegeboard said it is B. technique…JefferyJung Explanation please ;)</p>

7

<p>It is B because the passage is concerned about how the books approach they collected and used the voices.</p>

<p>how is more related to technique than to style.</p>

8

<p>Somehow, I just can’t process it in my head >.<</p>

<p>Perhaps I should not read on into the place when the author describes the major difference?</p>

<p>Maybe I should just stick to the first sentence and try to answer the question based purely on that?</p>

9

<p>I would also say that E is a viable answer.</p>

<p>However, B is the better answer.</p>

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<p>If I were to only read the first sentence, I would have chosen E.
For me, the passage seemed more objective than subjective to me. For me, technique related more to objectivity than style.</p>