Question

pulitzer prize - winning writer héctor tobar has built a multifaceted career as both a journalist and an author of short stories and novels. in an essay about tobars work, a student claims that tobar blends his areas of expertise by applying journalism techniques to his creation of works of fiction.
which quotation from a literary critic best supports the students claim?
choose 1 answer:
a \for one novel, an imagined account of a real persons global travels, tobar approached his subject like a reporter, interviewing people the man had met along the way and researching the mans own writings.\
b \tobar got his start as a volunteer for el tecolote, a community newspaper in san francisco, and wrote for newspapers for years before earning a degree in creative writing and starting to publish works of fiction.\
c \many of tobars notable nonfiction articles are marked by the writers use of techniques usually associated with fiction, such as complex narrative structures and the incorporation of symbolism.\
d \the protagonist of tobars third novel is a man who wants to be a novelist and keeps notes about interesting people he encounters so he can use them when developing characters for his stories.\

Explanation:

• Option A shows Tobar using journalist - like methods (interviewing, researching) in creating a work of fiction (a novel about a real person's travels). This directly supports the claim that he blends journalism techniques with fiction creation.
• Option B only talks about his background in journalism and how he started writing fiction, but doesn't show the blending of techniques.
• Option C is about non - fiction articles using fiction techniques, which is the opposite of what the claim is (claim is fiction using journalism techniques).
• Option D is about a character in a novel keeping notes, which is not about the author blending journalism techniques in his work.

Answer:

A. "For one novel, an imagined account of a real person’s global travels, Tobar approached his subject like a reporter, interviewing people the man had met along the way and researching the man’s own writings."