Style v Technique

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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
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>

<p>As used in line 1, “approach” most nearly means
(A) beginning
(B) technique
(C) hypothesis
(D) advance
(E) style</p>

<p>I narrowed it down to B and E before choosing E. Why is it technique instead of style?</p>

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<p>approach here refer’s to a sense of how to tackle a particular thing or how to go about a particular thing.</p>

<p>Though Style does fall somewhere on that line, Technique is a much better choice.</p>

<p>Hope that helped! It’s the first time I’ve tried to help someone with a CR question :)</p>

3

<p>can I say your reasoning is contextual, from:</p>

<p>" because both are media through which diverse Asian American voices surface"</p>

4

<p>Yes, and the next sentence as well: “The major difference is in how they collected and use
the voices.”</p>