#1 - Tennyson’s line of poetry "nature, red in tooth and claw" is misconstrued

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Complete Question Explanation

Main Point. The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.

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[AJITSHARMA880]

Hello,

I had a hard time figuring out the conclusion here. Especially in questions like this, it is pretty challenging to understand the conclusion. Could you please explain this? What should I do when exact conclusion keywords aren't given? How do I infer a conclusion in a stimulus like this?

Best.

[Amber Thomas]

Hi AJITSHARMA880!

When looking at questions like these, it can be helpful to take a step back and ask "what is this argument doing?" We can break down our stimulus as follows:

Premise 1: The poem was published in 1850, but Darwin's theory of evolution wasn't widely known until 1859.
Premise 2: Along with the rest of the context of the poem, we can see that the line was meant to reference the theory of creationism.
Conclusion: A line of Tennyson's poetry is misconstrued by many evolutionists to reference Darwin's theory of evolution.

The conclusion will be a definitive statement, for which the premises offer support. Our conclusion in this stimulus states that a line of Tennyson's poetry is often mistaken to be in reference to Darwin's theory of evolution (i.e. this line of poetry does not , in fact, reference Darwin's theory of evolution). Our other two statements are evidentiary, in that they provide reasons/facts as to why our conclusion is true.

So, our argument seeks to explain that the line of Tennyson's poem in question does not reference the theory of evolution. Therefore, that would be our main point.

I hope this helps!