PrepTest 88, Section 2, Question 2

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The poet E. E. Cummings stood for the individual human being against regimentation and standardization of any sort. Yet in doing so Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did, since metaphor presupposes literal language, and literal language essentially involves regimentation.

The poet E. E. Cummings stood for the individual human being against regimentation and standardization of any sort. Yet in doing so Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did, since metaphor presupposes literal language, and literal language essentially involves regimentation.

The poet E. E. Cummings stood for the individual human being against regimentation and standardization of any sort. Yet in doing so Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did, since metaphor presupposes literal language, and literal language essentially involves regimentation.

The poet E. E. Cummings stood for the individual human being against regimentation and standardization of any sort. Yet in doing so Cummings stood against something essential to the work he did, since metaphor presupposes literal language, and literal language essentially involves regimentation.

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The argument's conclusion can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

Not all poets use metaphor.

Metaphor was essential to E. E. Cummings's work.

There can be no literal language without metaphor.

Poetry cannot be regimented or standardized.

E. E. Cummings did not use literal language.

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