Kindly help with options A and B. Didn’t understand the explanation on other forums
The popular belief that to be eloquent a person needs a vast vocabulary is wrong.
On the contrary, people with large vocabularies have no incentive for, and tend not to engage in, the kind of creative linguistic self-expression that is required when no available words seem adequate.
Which one of the following is an assumption made in the argument?
- When people are truly eloquent, they have the capacity to express themselves in situations in which their vocabularies seem inadequate.
- People who are able to express themselves creatively in new situations have little incentive to acquire large vocabularies.
- The most eloquent people are people who have large vocabularies but also are able to express themselves creatively when the situation demands it.
- In educating people to be more eloquent, it would be futile to try to increase the size of their vocabularies.
- In unfamiliar situations, even people with large vocabularies often do not have specifically suitable words available.
According to the argument
To be eloquent –> DO NOT need large vocab
Large vocab –> NO INCENTIVE for creative self-expression
The author clearly assumes that “eloquent = creative linguistic self expression when words seem inadequate”
A: This answer choice clearly summarizes the above points. Note that “available words” = “vocabulary”. Hence this is the correct answer.
B: We aren’t discussing people’s incentive to acquire large vocabularies
C: Eloquent = large vocabulary + creative self expression. This is not what the author assumes. The author assumes eloquent = creative self expression
D: Don’t know can’t say
E: Don’t know can’t say
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