The poet E. E. Cummings

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal Weak Language1% picked this

   Not all poets use

   There will almost never be correct answers on Sufficient Assumption, Strengthen, Weaken, or Paradox that use "at least one" language like could, may, might, some, sometimes, not all, need not, not necessarily. The conclusion is that Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did. What was essential to the work he did? The evidence never defined that, so the correct answer must.

   1%
2. B

   Correct86% picked this

   Metaphor was essential to E. E.

   Why this is right

   This is what we predicted. If metaphor was essential to Cumming's work and Cummings stood against metaphor, then we would prove the conclusion that Cummings stood against something essential to his work. Do we know that Cummings stood against metaphor? Yes, indirectly, since metaphor presupposes regimentation, and Cummings stood against regimentation.

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

   86%
3. C

   Unrelated to Goal9% picked this

   There can be no literal language

   The conclusion is that Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did. What was essential to the work he did? The evidence never defined that, so the correct answer must.

   9%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   Poetry cannot be regimented or

   The conclusion is that Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did. What was essential to the work he did? The evidence never defined that, so the correct answer must.

   2%
5. E

   Opposite of Goal3% picked this

   E. E. Cummings did not use

   We were looking to hear that Cummings used metaphor (or literal language, which is implied by using metaphor) in his work.

   3%