Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”
Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.
The reader can conclude that the passage comes from a(n)
biography.
essay.
myth.
play.
Answer:
Essay
Explanation:
According to the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”, the author talks about banishing preconceived notions about books and authors from readers before reading. She states that most people read books with a blurred mind and divided minds to enforce their own prejudices.
Therefore, the reader can conclude that the passage comes from an essay.
This is because, an essay is a literary writing that outlines the perspective of the writer about a certain topic, and from the passage, the author talks about his perspective on the prejudices of readers.
