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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Cross-Text Connections
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Text 1
It’s clear that worldwide cooperation is needed to tackle global issues such as climate change. However, it hasn’t been clear how to foster strong group cohesion to motivate prosocial behavior at a global level given that humans tend to align more locally, from family to nationality. Evidence now shows that being prompted to consider the shared biology of all humans can cause individuals to identify more strongly with humanity overall, suggesting that emphasis on the “global family tree” may promote collective action.

Text 2
Perhaps counterintuitively, a focus on group distinctions can help ensure that responsibility for issues with global effects (e.g., natural resource depletion and climate change) is shared globally. For example, though young people don’t always view themselves as essential parties in such matters, reminders of their collective role as future inheritors of problems left unsolved can spark their engagement.
Which choice best describes a notable difference in focus between Text 1 and Text 2?
A
Both texts establish that people need to be made aware of the specific ways global issues are likely to affect them individually, but Text 1 focuses on the empathy those details inspire and Text 2 focuses on the obligation those details entail.
B
Both texts suggest that embracing commonalities can be beneficial when it comes to urging people to collective action to address global issues, but Text 1 focuses on the broadest scope of connection and Text 2 focuses on connections more limited in scope.
C
Both texts imply that global issues are equally relevant to all people living today, but Text 1 focuses on the idea that such issues will remain broadly relevant for the foreseeable future and Text 2 focuses on the idea that certain issues may soon become less relevant.
D
Both texts indicate that global issues should be addressed with large-scale shared efforts, but Text 1 focuses on the idea that it may be most effective to link global and local coordination and Text 2 focuses on the idea that local efforts sometimes divert attention from broader coordination.