Direction: The sentences given in each question, when arranged in the proper sequence, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter/number. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
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A. In art, essential-ism is the idea that certain concepts may be expressed organically in certain media.
B. Each medium has its own particular strengths and weaknesses, contingent on its mode of communication.
C. This idea may be further refined and it may be said that the haiku is a poor vehicle for describing a lover’s affection as opposed to the more organically correct sonnet.
D. Essential-ism is attractive to artists because it not only delineates the role of art and media but also prescribes a method for evaluating art.
E. A chase scene may be appropriate for motion pictures, but poorly realized in poetry because the essential components of the poetic medium are ill suited to convey the information of a chase scene.
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- D C E B A
- B D A C E
- D A B E C
- A B E C D
Correct Option: D
The paragraph primarily revolves around the idea of “essential-ism” and how it focuses on expressing various concepts separately through different media so that their true value is realized to their full extent. Hence the starting sentence has to be A. Therefore, options (a), (b) and (c) can be safely eliminated. Clearly sentence B elaborates further on the thought stated in sentence A by emphasizing that each medium has different levels of strengths and weaknesses and hence the concepts that have to be expressed through them have to be obviously different. Therefore, there is a direct AB link. The sentence following B’s line of thought has to be E as it provides an example of how one concept suitable for a particular medium becomes poor in perception if it is expressed through any other medium. The EC link is quite prominent because C provides more examples in relation to the idea expressed in E. Finally sentence D has to be the concluding sentence because it proves why essential-ism is liked by artists because of the systematic method of separating art and media. Hence the correct link at the end has to be CD and not DC and so the correct answer is option (d)
