Information and Ideas practice question

Answer: A. "Her final collections abandoned strict rhyme and meter for fragmented, unpredictable lines."

The argument is that her later work became more experimental, so evidence must describe the later work departing from convention — exactly A ('abandoned strict rhyme and meter'). D describes only the early work as traditional, which alone does not establish that the later work changed; B is a biographical fact, and C stresses continuity in praise, not a shift toward experimentation.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "She published her first book at the age of twenty-three."

The age at which she published her first book is biographical background — it says nothing about how experimental any of her work was.

C. "Both her early and late poems were praised by critics."

Consistent critical praise shows continuity, not a shift in style; the researcher's claim is about her poems changing, not about how they were received.

D. "Her early poems followed traditional forms admired by her teachers."

You correctly spotted evidence about form, but this quotation describes only the early poems as traditional — to show the later work grew *more* experimental, the evidence has to say something about the later work.

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