Self-study
Support Any writer whose purpose is personal expression sometimes uses words ambiguously. █████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████ ███████████ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ █████████ ███████ ██ █████████ █ ███████ █████████████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ██████
Summary
Readers never need to fully understand a poem’s words to enjoy it. This is because all poets sometimes use words in a way that’s not fully clear (ambiguous). (Since all poets’ purpose is personal expression, and all writers with that purpose sometimes use words ambiguously.)
Missing Connection
The conclusion is about readers’ enjoyment, but none of the premises mentioned that. We need to connect poets’ use of ambiguity with readers’ ability to enjoy unclear poetry. For example: if writers use words ambiguously, then their readers’ enjoyment doesn’t depend on clearly understanding all used words.
22.
The conclusion can be properly ████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████
a
Writers who sometimes ███ █████ ███████████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██ ██████ █ ███████ █████████████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██████
This doesn’t tell us anything about readers’ enjoyment, so it can’t be correct. (A) tells us that poetry readers don’t try to precisely understand what they read. But it’s still possible that their enjoyment depends on precise understanding. We need to guarantee the conclusion.
b
Writers whose purpose ██ ████████ ██████████ ███ ███████████ ████ ███████ ██████ ██████ ███████ █████ ██████
We’re concerned with readers’ actual enjoyment, not with what writers think, so this can’t be correct.
c
No writer who ████ ████ █████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████ █████ █████████ ███████ ██ █████████ █ ███████ █████████████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██████
This means: if you’re a writer who uses words ambiguously, none of your readers’ enjoyment depends on precise understanding. Poets use words ambiguously. So none of their readers’ enjoyment depends on precise understanding. Thus, (C) guarantees the conclusion.
d
Most writers whose ████████ █████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████████ █ ███████ █████████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████ ███ ██████
(D) isn’t strong enough: it leaves open the possibility that there are some poets whose readers’ enjoyment does depend on precise understanding. And the author’s conclusion was about all readers of poetry.
e
Readers who have █ ███████ █████████████ ██ ████ █ ██████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████ █████████ ████ ████ ██████████████
The author’s argument is about the enjoyment of readers without a precise understanding. So an answer choice telling us about the enjoyment of readers with a precise understanding can’t be correct.