Self-study
Ilana: Support Carver's stories are somber and pessimistic, which is Support a sure sign of inferior writing. █ ████ █████ ████ █ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████████
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Speaker 1 Summary
Iliana implies that Carver’s stories are poorly written. Why? Because somber and pessimistic writing is inferior, and Carver's stories are somber and pessimistic.
Speaker 2 Summary
Gustav argues that Carver was an excellent writer. Why? Because despite the somberness and pessimism, his stories are humorous, compassionate, and beautifully structured.
Objective
We need a statement that Ilana and Gustav disagree on. They disagree that a somber and pessimistic story can be well-written. Ilana thinks that these characteristics are indicative of inferior writing. Gustav thinks that despite these characteristics, Carver was a great writer.
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a
Carver's stories are █████ █████████████
Ilana does not express an opinion on this statement. All we know about Ilana's opinion is that she thinks Carver’s stories are somber and pessimistic.
b
Carver's stories are ███████████ ██ █████ ██████
Both speakers agree on this statement. Ilana thinks that Carver’s stories are somber and pessimistic. Gustav concedes that Carver’s stories have these characteristics.
c
stories that are █████████████ ██ ██████████ ███ █████████ ███ █████████████ ██ ██████ ████████
Ilana does not express an opinion on this statement. All we know about Ilana's opinion is that she thinks Carver’s stories are somber and pessimistic.
d
stories that are ████ ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ███ ███████████
Ilana and Gustav disagree on this statement. Ilana disagrees: she says that somber and pessimistic writing is inferior. Gustav agrees: he thinks that despite these characteristics, Carver was a great writer.
e
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Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. We don’t know whether Ilana or Gustav think that certain traits are most important in determining a story's aesthetic value.