Self-study
Surrealist: Conclusion Many artists mistakenly think that models need be taken only from outside the psyche. ████████ █████ ███████████ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ████████ ████████ █████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ██████████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ███ █████████ ███████ ████ █████ █████ ████ ███████ ███████ ██ ██ ██████ ██████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
Artists shouldn’t exclusively model their work on objects existing outside of the psyche. Why not? Because it’s a waste to use their power solely on things that would exist regardless of the artist.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is a rejection of the belief of some artists: “Many artists mistakenly think that models need be taken only from outside the psyche.”
12.
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████
a
An artist's work ██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████
This is the main conclusion. (A) rejects the belief of many artists, and a rejection of this claim is exactly what the surrealist concludes.
b
Artistic representation is ████ ██████ ██ ████████ ███ █████████ ████████
The surrealist and other artists are discussing a should vs. should not for artistic representation; we have no information on how it’s actually being used.
c
Artists should not ████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ████ ███████████████
The argument isn’t about representation in general; the surrealist distinguishes between representation of things that are external vs. internal to the psyche. There is no distinction between representation vs. anything else.
d
Great art can ██████ ██████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ ████████
The surrealist concedes this point to demonstrate value in representing models outside of the psyche. However, the surrealist is arguing that artists shouldn’t only represent these external objects, so this isn’t the main conclusion.
e
True works of ███ ██████ █████████ ███████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████
In using “rarely,” this answer makes a claim about the frequency of true works of art. Our argument doesn’t discuss frequency (or true works of art), so this is outside the scope of our argument.