Question

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For language is arbitrarily produced by the imagination and has relation to thoughts alone; but all other materials, instruments and conditions of art, have relations among each other, which limit and interpose between conception and expression. The former is as a mirror which reflects, the latter as a cloud which enfeebles, the light of which both are mediums of communication.

Which detail provides more information to support Shelley’s idea that language, unlike other forms of expression, comes from the imagination?

A: “For language is arbitrarily produced by the imagination”
B: “and has relation to thoughts alone”
C: “The former is as a mirror which reflects, the latter as a cloud which enfeebles”
D: “both are mediums of communication”

Answer 1

Answer: C) “The former is as a mirror which reflects, the latter as a cloud which enfeebles.”

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the description of how language comes from the imagination and can be expressed as imagined, other forms of art (like painting or sculpting) need to rely in instruments in order too be expressed. From the given options, the detail that provides information that supports this idea, is the corresponding to option C: “The former is as a mirror which reflects, the latter as a cloud which enfeebles.”

Answer 2

Answer:

A. Language, unlike other forms of expression, comes from the imagination.

Explanation: