Question
Which of the following statements best describes the organization of lines, "Thus, one impulse often ...abstractly” of the passage?
Answer: Option B
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B
This is a structure question.
Let us look at all the lines -
“Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared.
A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower.
In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style.
But on other occasions, Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly.”
Look at both the highlighted structure words. The second highlighted word is a contrary work. So the fourth line and the third line are contrasting examples.
Moreover, the third line is an example of the generalization made in the second line.
So the structure would be -
“second line is a generalization, third line is an example to support the generalization and the fourth line is an example qualifying (weakening) the second line’s generalization”
And the first line is more of a summary of the previous line and not a judgement.
So the answer is (b).
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B
This is a structure question.
Let us look at all the lines -
“Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared.
A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower.
In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style.
But on other occasions, Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly.”
Look at both the highlighted structure words. The second highlighted word is a contrary work. So the fourth line and the third line are contrasting examples.
Moreover, the third line is an example of the generalization made in the second line.
So the structure would be -
“second line is a generalization, third line is an example to support the generalization and the fourth line is an example qualifying (weakening) the second line’s generalization”
And the first line is more of a summary of the previous line and not a judgement.
So the answer is (b).
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