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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: viewtopic.php?f=894&t=38299)
The correct answer choice is (E).
This question is simply asking for a description of the passage organization.
The best approach to these questions is to prephrase by quickly describing what each paragraph does.
Here, paragraph one introduces Cullen and describes his poetry. Paragraph two contrasts two different views of his poetry by critics. Paragraph three discusses how Cullen's work became more religious in its focus in his later works.
(See the link above for a complete discussion of the passage, including a summary of each paragraph.)
Most of the wrong answers have multiple things wrong with them. I've identified one or two problems with each wrong answer as hopefully easy ways to eliminate these answers, but some of them have even more issues.
Answer choice (A): This answer (as well as Answers B and C) starts by mentioning biographical information about Cullen. While the first paragraph does mention some brief biographical information, the key focus and purpose of this paragraph is to describe Cullen's approach to poetry. The second part of this answer (regarding tracing his artistic development through several poems) is also wrong.
Answer choice (B): In addition to the biographical information problem discussed in Answer A, the order of the criticism and the success is reversed. In the passage, the critics who praised Cullen are discussed before the critics who disliked his poems.
Answer choice (C): In addition to the biographical information problem discussed in Answer A, this answer completely omits the differing opinions of the critics.
Answer choice (D): Like Answer C, this answer also completely omits the differing opinions of the critics. Also, none of the poems mentioned in the passage are characterized as his most notable.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This answer broadly describes what happens in each paragraph, as discussed above.
(See the complete passage discussion here: viewtopic.php?f=894&t=38299)
The correct answer choice is (E).
This question is simply asking for a description of the passage organization.
The best approach to these questions is to prephrase by quickly describing what each paragraph does.
Here, paragraph one introduces Cullen and describes his poetry. Paragraph two contrasts two different views of his poetry by critics. Paragraph three discusses how Cullen's work became more religious in its focus in his later works.
(See the link above for a complete discussion of the passage, including a summary of each paragraph.)
Most of the wrong answers have multiple things wrong with them. I've identified one or two problems with each wrong answer as hopefully easy ways to eliminate these answers, but some of them have even more issues.
Answer choice (A): This answer (as well as Answers B and C) starts by mentioning biographical information about Cullen. While the first paragraph does mention some brief biographical information, the key focus and purpose of this paragraph is to describe Cullen's approach to poetry. The second part of this answer (regarding tracing his artistic development through several poems) is also wrong.
Answer choice (B): In addition to the biographical information problem discussed in Answer A, the order of the criticism and the success is reversed. In the passage, the critics who praised Cullen are discussed before the critics who disliked his poems.
Answer choice (C): In addition to the biographical information problem discussed in Answer A, this answer completely omits the differing opinions of the critics.
Answer choice (D): Like Answer C, this answer also completely omits the differing opinions of the critics. Also, none of the poems mentioned in the passage are characterized as his most notable.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This answer broadly describes what happens in each paragraph, as discussed above.