MCorte - Methodological Module for Textual Analysis - Exercises of the extract from T.S.Eliot's essay

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Supporting statement + example(lines 14 - 29)
This richness is due to the variety of elements of which English is made of:
a)Germanic
b)Scandinavian
c)Norman French
d)French
e)Latin
f)Celtic

Further clarification + example(lines 29 - 40)
The English language is also rich in its rhythmic variety. The elements are:
a)Early Saxon
b)Norman French
c)Welsh
d)Latin
e)Greek

Statement + examples(lines 49 - 51)
It is generally thought that the greatest peoples excel in one art. Examples:
a)Italy and France in painting
b)Germany in music
c)England in poetry

Refutation + example(lines 52 - 68)
This is not correct because:
a)no art has ever been the exclusive possession of any one country
b)there have been some periods in which some other country than England has taken the lead in poetry
Example: in the first quarter of the nineteenth century Romantic movement in English poetry dominated, but in the second half of the same century the greatest contribution was made in France

Further reputation + example(lines 68 - 76)
A nation which leads in a particular art form in a particular period does not necessarily produce the greatest artists.
Example: even if Romantic movement dominated in England, no English poet can enter into comparison with Goethe(according to the essayist)

Statement(lines 86 - 99)
The ability of European literature to renew itself depends on two factors:
a)its ability to receive and assimilate influences from abroad
b)its ability to go back and learn from its own sources

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a)I refers to the essayist Eliot
b)you refers to the German people, that received the essay

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a)to show logical sequence
• I have not taken the trouble to tall you
• I have been leading up
• I wish to make this point
b)to give evidence
• As I have said
• I refer to
• We must remember
• I do not know of
• We find
• I refer
• We cannot understand
c)to express opinion
• I think
• I do not mean
• I am not concerned
• I simply say
• I am thinking
• I am not thinking
• I venture to say

V
a)The essayist is addressing to one of a series of the talks broadcast to Germany
b)The essayist puts forward his own opinions
c)His main intention is to explain why English is the richest language for writing poetry, but also that no country has exclusive possession of an art
d)The essayist choose to support his statements using supportive argumentations referring to cultural, linguistic and literature elements.