A metaphor is the application

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct82% picked this

   It is not the case that all uses of language

   Why this is right

   This matches the "this cannot be so" conclusion. We can run it through our two-pass checklist 1. does it sound like the author's opinion? Yes. She's rebutting some extremists. 2. is it supported by some explicit claim? Yes. It's supported by everything after the word "for" FABS: for, after all, because, since always indicate supporting ideas

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

   82%
2. B

   Never Said3% picked this

   Either all uses of words are literal or all uses of

   This is closer to sounding like the premise, which is the final claim. Sometimes on Main Conclusion the conclusion will be the final claim, but it's pretty rare, so always second guess yourself if you're about to pick an answer that seems to match the final claim. This is not only sounding like the premise, but it wasn't ever said. The author's premise was more like, "either some uses of words are literal or no uses of words are nonliteral (aka, they're all metaphorical):

   3%
3. C

   Never Said12% picked this

   Nonliteral meaning is possible only if some uses of words employ

   This is meant to feel like an Inference or Necessary Assumption, so that a student might pick it because it feels like a correct answer (to a different question type). We're just looking for a regurgitation of the actual explicit conclusion: "it cannot be so [that all uses of language are metaphorical]"

   12%
4. D

   Background3% picked this

   Metaphors are nonliteral uses of language that can be used to suggest

   This is just a background fact presented before we get into the "some extremists" and the author's rebuttal argument. We're just looking for a regurgitation of the actual explicit conclusion: "it cannot be so [that all uses of language are metaphorical]"

   3%
5. E

   Never Said1% picked this

   The ordinary meanings of words must be fixed by convention if the similarities between objects are to

   This is meant to feel like an Inference or Necessary Assumption, so that a student might pick it because it feels like a correct answer (to a different question type). We're just looking for a regurgitation of the actual explicit conclusion: "it cannot be so [that all uses of language are metaphorical]"

   1%