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by GmatKiss » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:21 am
The Japanese haiku is defined as a poem of three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. English poets tend to ignore this fact. Disregarding syllable count, they generally call any three-line English poem with a "haiku feel" a haiku. This demonstrates that English poets have little respect for foreign traditions, even those from which some of their own poetry derives.

The reasoning is flawed because it

A. Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling

B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing

Please explain your pick in detail!
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by cans » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:27 am
IMO A
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by GmatKiss » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:46 am
cans wrote:IMO A
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by cans » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:06 am
I don't know if its correct or not but here goes my explanation:
Conclusion: Because English poets disregard syllable count and call poem with "haiku feel" a haiku, they respect foreign traditions little.

A) syllable count is objective and "haiku feel" is subjective. Because English poets disregard objective matter, the conclusion is made.
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by inittowinit » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:01 am
IMO B.

English poets ignore syllable counts. Because of this evidence, the conclusion is drawn that english poets have no regard for foreign traditions. The scope of the conclusion is way off base.
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by deepsun » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:56 am
cans wrote:I don't know if its correct or not but here goes my explanation:
Conclusion: Because English poets disregard syllable count and call poem with "haiku feel" a haiku, they respect foreign traditions little.

A) syllable count is objective and "haiku feel" is subjective. Because English poets disregard objective matter, the conclusion is made.
I tend to agree with you. The number of syllables is an objective measure while the "Haiku feel" is more subjective.
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by HSPA » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:00 pm
Based on conclusion.. I went with B..need to check
deepsun wrote:
cans wrote:I don't know if its correct or not but here goes my explanation:
Conclusion: Because English poets disregard syllable count and call poem with "haiku feel" a haiku, they respect foreign traditions little.

A) syllable count is objective and "haiku feel" is subjective. Because English poets disregard objective matter, the conclusion is made.
I tend to agree with you. The number of syllables is an objective measure while the "Haiku feel" is more subjective.
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by gunjan1208 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:01 pm
I will go with B. What is the OA?
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by vzzai » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:20 pm
I will go with [spoiler]'B'[/spoiler].
OA please.
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by dev.gavande » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:36 pm
My choice : A
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by navami » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:07 am
IMO B.

The conclusion is general.it has a broader scope.
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by ColumbiaVC » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:56 am
IMO A
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