Read these sentences from Paco's evaluation of Dan DeLuca's argument in the article "Dylan's Nobel Prize Settles Debate: Rock Lyrics Are Poetry."(1) In addition to quoting comments about Dylan's contributions to literature, DeLuca examines Dylan's writing and its influences.(2) Despite a somewhat confusing presentation of evidence, in the end, DeLuca's argument is convincing.(3) In his article, DeLuca attempts to come to grips with the decades-old question "Are rock lyrics poetry?”(4) He claims that this question has been answered with a resounding yes by the Nobel committee, who awarded their literary prize to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for his collective literary works, most of which are song lyrics.
Sentence 3 introduces DeLuca’s article and the question it addresses. Sentence 4 follows naturally because “He claims” refers to DeLuca and explains his answer to that question. Sentence 1 then describes the evidence DeLuca examines, and sentence 2 gives Paco’s overall evaluation of the argument, making it the conclusion. The correct order is 3–4–1–2, choice C.
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