QUESTION TEXT: Only poetry cannot be translated well, and…
QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported – Exception
FACTS:
- Everything except poetry can be translated well.
- Poetry helps us preserve languages, by forcing us to learn foreign languages if we want to read foreign poems and see their beauty.
ANALYSIS: The first five words eliminate answers A, B and E. Poetry can’t be translated well.
The second sentence eliminates answer choice D.
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- The first five words tell us this is true. Only poetry can’t be translated well.
- CORRECT. We don’t know why people write poetry. Poetry has the effect of preserving a language, but that might not be poetry’s purpose.
- This is true at least for translations of poetry. Poetry can’t be translated well.
- If this weren’t true, then we could see the beauty of foreign poetry without learning a foreign language.
- This is true in the case of poetry – it can’t be translated well.
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