A poem is any work of art that

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong6% picked this

   If a creation is neither a poem, nor a novel, nor a symphony, then it is not

   The only rule we have that lets us prove something isn't art is if that thing is a limerick. Couldn't there be other things not mentioned in this paragraph (music, sculpture, dance, etc.) that can be considered a work of art?

   6%
2. B

   Bad Trigger Match3% picked this

   An example of so-called blank verse, which does not rhyme, is not

   If something doesn't exploit any musical quality of language, then it isn't a poem. Blank verse doesn't exploit rhyme, but maybe it still uses meter or euphony. So it could still be a poem.

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3. C

   Correct57% picked this

   If a novel exploits meter and rhyme while standing as a work of art, then it is both

   Why this is right

   Our first conditional allows us to prove that something is a poem. Does this description satisfy our trigger for proving something is a poem? It just has to be a work of art (which it says this novel is) and it has to exploit at least one musical characteristic of language (it says this novel exploits two of them). Since this novel satisfies the two conditions on the trigger, it would be considered a poem.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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4. D

   Contradicted26% picked this

   Limericks constitute a nonartistic type of

   Since limericks aren't art, but poems are, there isn't going to be any overlap between limericks and poetry.

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5. E

   Bad Trigger Match8% picked this

   If a symphony does not exploit the musical characteristics of sound, then it is not

   The only mechanism we were given for proving that something isn't art is if it is a limerick. So there's no way to prove that this type of symphony is not art.

   8%