Professor: The most important function

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported14% picked this

   An important function of poetry is to give meaning and direction to the lives of those who

   While it does follow that by fulfilling its most important function epic poetry does give meaning and direction to the lives of those who hear and read it, it does not follow that the outcome is the important function of epic poetry.

   14%
2. B

   Correct60% picked this

   Epic poems accomplish their most important function by presenting heroic figures

   Why this is right

   This follows from the EP ? HF first two statements.

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

   60%
3. C

   Too Strong2% picked this

   When values are represented in poetry, they are rarely if ever

   This may be true for epic poetry, but this answer is about poetry more generally.

   2%
4. D

   Too Strong21% picked this

   For many groups of people, heroic figures serve as role models embodying the values by which those

   While this is true for those who hear the poems, it does not follow that this is true for many groups of people.

   21%
5. E

   Reversal3% picked this

   Only epic poetry presents heroic figures as role models that, if imitated, give meaning and direction to the lives

   This reverses the relationship MD ? EP between the inference of all three statements.

   3%