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Direction: Read carefully the passage and answer. Nature writing is nonfiction or fiction, prose or poetry about the natural environment. Nature writing encompasses a wide variety of works, ranging…

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Direction: Read carefully the passage and answer.
Nature writing is nonfiction or fiction, prose or poetry about the natural environment. Nature writing encompasses a wide variety of works, ranging from those that place primary emphasis on natural history facts (such as field guides) to those in which philosophical interpretation predominate. It includes natural history essays, poetry, essays of solitude or escape, as well as travel and adventure writing.
Nature writing often draws heavily on scientific information and facts about the natural world; at the same time, it is frequently written in the first person and incorporates personal observations of and philosophical reflections upon nature.
Modern nature writing traces its roots to the works of natural history that were popular in the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th. An important early figures was the "parson-naturalist" Gilbert White (1720 – 1793), a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789).
Which statement summarizes the given passage?
  1. The passage talks about the life and lessons of Gilbert White, a profound naturalist and ornithologist
  2. The passage talks about how the nature writing is missing in the modern era and needs to be revived
  3. The passage talks about from where the writers draw inspiration for nature writing and how its importance is diminishing in the modern era
  4. The passage talks about what nature writing is, the different types of nature writing, its style and about the roots and pioneer of modern nature writing

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Correct answer: D - The passage talks about what nature writing is, the different types of nature writing, its style and about the roots and pioneer of modern nature writing
The passage defines nature writing, lists its types (essays, poetry, travel writing), describes its style (first person, scientific plus philosophical) and gives its roots and pioneer Gilbert White. Only the option covering what nature writing is, its types, its style and its roots and pioneer captures all of this; the others add claims (decline, revival) not in the text or focus only on White.

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