Read the following passage and answer the question given below:
Bias is where a text shows a preference for a particular point of view, or pushes back against another one. A creator of a text may consciously support and promote one point of view, while also criticizing or reducing the importance of any alternatives. Bias can also be 'unconscious', which means that a text promotes a particular point of view in some way, but without its creator necessarily being aware of it.
By evaluating how objective, subjective or biased a text is, we can make informed judgements about its purpose(s).
Where the purpose of a text (written or spoken) is to persuade in some way, it is aimed at getting people to think or act in a certain way, or to believe something in particular. To persuade, you must support or oppose a particular 'side' or point of view, and we can therefore expect to see signs of bias in texts with a persuasive purpose.
Not all bias is obvious, however, and sometimes a text is created in a way that tries to make it look more objective. This can give an audience the impression that the text is 'fair' and 'unbiased'; this can also be very persuasive in leading people to accepting what they may see, read or hear more readily.
As the audience of a text, we need to be able to make informed judgements about a text, so that we can then make informed decisions about how to respond to the text, and what, if anything, we might do as a result of it.
According to the passage, the word CREATOR refers to :
(A) God
(B) Artist
(C) Writer
(D) Author
(E) Narrator
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C) and (D) Only
The passage speaks of "a creator of a text": the person who produces the text, that is, its writer or author.
(A) God — Incorrect.
- The word is used for the maker of a text, not in its religious sense.
(B) Artist — Incorrect.
- The passage is about texts, written or spoken, not about works of art.
(C) Writer — Correct.
- The one who writes a text is its creator.
(D) Author — Correct.
- An author is the person who creates a piece of writing.
(E) Narrator — Incorrect.
- A narrator is the voice that tells a story inside the text.
- It need not be the person who created it.