Self-study
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Summary
If any work of art exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, then it is a poem. A novel does not usually exploit the musical characteristics of language, but it may be a work of art. A symphony rarely involves language, but it may be a work of art, and may exploit the musical characteristics of sounds. A limerick is not art, but it may exploit some musical characteristics of language.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
The stimulus supports the conclusion that if a novel is a work of art and exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, then it is a poem.
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The statements above, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
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This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if a work of art must either be a poem, novel, or a symphony.
b
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This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what types of works, if any, are not poems. In particular, the stimulus never indicates that rhyming is a necessary condition for poetry.
c
If a novel ████████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ██ ████ █ █████ ███ █ █████
This answer is strongly supported. We know from the stimulus that any work of art that exploits at least some of the musical characteristics of language is a poem. We also know that meter and rhyme are musical characteristics of language.
d
Limericks constitute a ███████████ ████ ██ ███████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what conditions are sufficient for a work to be a nonartistic type of poetry, or if that's even possible.
e
If a symphony ████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ███████████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ███ █ ████ ██ ████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether exploiting the musical characteristics of sound is necessary for a symphony to be art. We only know that symphonies are sometimes art and sometimes exploit the musical characteristics of sound.