PT153.S2.Q20

PrepTest 153 - Section 2 - Question 20

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Some literary theorists argue that since literary works are expressions of ideology, it is naive to view them as embodying a distinct aesthetic value to a greater or lesser degree. ███ █████ █████████ ████████ ██████████ ████████ █████ ██ █████ ███████████ ███████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ███████████ ███ ███████████ ██████████ █████ █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████

Summarize Argument

The theorists who argue that it is naive to view literary works as embodying varying levels of aesthetic value succumb to the this very view. This is because these theorists judge literary works based on how interesting and successful they are.

Identify Argument Part

The claim showcases how these theorists engage in thinking they disagree with. It is a premise supporting the main conclusion.

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The claim that the literary █████████ ████████ ██████████ ████████ █████ ██ █████ ███████████ ███████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ███████████ ███ ██████████ █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

a

It is presented ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ████ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ █ ████████ █████████ █████ ██ █ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████

This misidentifies the conclusion. The main conclusion is that these theorists succumb to the view they wish to undermine.

2%
b

It is presented ██ ████████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ████ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ █ ████████ █████████ █████ ██ █ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████

The claim is not evidence against the prior claim. It highlights an inconsistency in the theorists' actions. The argument assumes that evaluating the aesthetic value of literary works is the same as judging them based on how interesting and successful they are.

9%
c

It is a ██████████ ███ █████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ████████ ████ ████████ █████ ██████ █ ████████ █████████ █████ ██ █ ███████ ██ ██████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ █████████

This is not a conclusion. It does not receive any support.

2%
d

It is presented ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████

The claim showcases how these theorists engage in thinking they disagree with. It is a premise for the following sentence (the main conclusion).

86%
e

It is presented ██ ████████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ████████ █████ ███ ███████████ ██ █████████

This claim does not cast doubt on the claim that literary works are expressions of ideology. It highlights a perceived inconsistency in the literary theorists’ argument.

1%

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