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The Art of Argument — Test

Question 14 • English Language Arts 10

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. In which order should the sentences appear?

Answer
A
2 – 1 – 4 – 3
B
3 – 4 – 1 – 2
C
1 – 2 – 4 – 3
D
4 – 2 – 1 – 3

Explanation

Sentence 3 introduces DeLuca’s article and its central question: whether rock lyrics are poetry. Sentence 4 follows naturally by explaining DeLuca’s answer and the Nobel committee’s award to Dylan. Sentence 1 then adds details about the evidence DeLuca examines, and sentence 2 concludes with Paco’s overall evaluation that the argument is convincing. This gives the order 3–4–1–2, choice D.

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