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Craft and StructureMediumTwo views on a speaker's name

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The poem must be autobiographical; its speaker shares the poet's name. Text 2 The poet gave her own name to the speakers of six poems whose events she could not have witnessed. The name was a device, not a signature.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By arguing that the shared name is not evidence that the poem is autobiographical.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the poem is autobiographical.
  3. C. By denying that the speaker shares the poet's name.
  4. D. By claiming the poet wrote only six poems.

Answer: A. By arguing that the shared name is not evidence that the poem is autobiographical.

A device, not a signature.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the poem is autobiographical.
Text 2 undercuts that reading.
C. By denying that the speaker shares the poet's name.
Text 2 accepts the shared name.
D. By claiming the poet wrote only six poems.
Six is the number with that device.

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