丁丁倒数 57# (tough one!)

玛莎丁丁

A poem is any work of art that exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, such as meter, rhythm, euphony, and rhyme. A novel, though it may be a work of art in language, does not usually exploit the musical characteristics of language. A symphony, though it may be a work of art that exploits the musical characteristics of sounds, rarely involves language. A limerick, though it may exploit some musical characteristics of language, is not, strictly speaking, art.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

A) If a creation is neither a poem, nor a novel, nor a symphony, then it is not a work of art
B) An example of so-called blank verse, which does not rhyme, is not really a poem
C) If a novel exploits meter and rhyme while standing as a work of art, then it is both a novel and a poem
D) Limericks constitute a non artistic type of poetry
E) If a symphony does not exploit the musical characteristics of sound, then it is not a work of art

玛莎丁丁

OA is C.

D was temping to me. but a closer look at the stimulus helps!
1. Details worth our attention:
A poem is any work of art that exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, such as meter, rhythm, euphony, and rhyme. A novel, though it may be a work of art in language, does not usually exploit the musical characteristics of language. A symphony, though it may be a work of art that exploits the musical characteristics of sounds, rarely involves language. A limerick, though it may exploit some musical characteristics of language, is not, strictly speaking, art.

2. Besides, the first sentence is better to be considered as biconditionary statement.

lihaolan

the first sentence means if and only if right ?any means sufficient condition so poem>art ,art>poem.right?

玛莎丁丁

the first sentence means if and only if right ?any means sufficient condition so poem>art ,art>poem.right?

-- by 会员 lihaolan (2012/8/14 13:47:05)

I agree with you that the first sentence should be regarded as "if and only if" statement.
But your inferrence was not exactly precise....
peom——> art + musical characteristics of language
art——> ? we don't know about that from the stimulus yet

lihaolan

yes I know ,so C is also use this sentense!