The Japanese haiku is defined as a poem of three lines with five sylla

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The Japanese haiku is defined as a poem of three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. English poets tend to ignore this fact. Disregarding syllable count, they generally call any three-line English poem with a “haiku feel” a haiku. This demonstrates that English poets have little respect for foreign traditions, even those from which some of their own poetry derives.

The reasoning is flawed because it…

The reasoning is flawed because it

A. Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling

B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing

Shrey9 · Answer

I marked A)
Thinking that the Japanese is a different language, and when haiku was developed, it wasn't considered to be written in English..

So it's more of a confusion of objective fact..
But B looked tempting as it's a conclusion drawn in the passage.

Can anyone tell me how to tackle such passages? And why is my reasoning/answer picking flawed?

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Lampard42 · Answer

B as the conclusion also talks about English poets respect to foreign traditions based evidence of calling poems haiku

anothermillenial · Answer

Our author tells us some context about haikus. He concludes that English poets hare no respect for foreign traditions. He supports this by stating that English poets ignore the Japanese syllable count and just go with whatever has three lines. This is flawed because the author extrapolates that ignoring an aspect is implicative of disrespect. In simple terms, he is jumping to some wild conclusions.

A. Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling 
Having “little respect for foreign traditions” is not a subjective feeling.

B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced 
Sounds about right.

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence 
There is evidence presented (“disregarding syllable count”)….albeit not the greatest connection.

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique 
Not relevant.

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing. 
I almost chose (E) but then realised that the flaw of acknowledging that ignoring something (“syllables”) implies a negative judgement about that thing (“syllables”). In actuality, the negative judgement is about the broader “foreign traditions”.

nick1816 · Answer

This is the case of over-generalization. The premise talks only about Japanese Haiku but conclusion consider each foreign tradition.
IMO B

Resad95 · Answer

This is my subjective vision about this question, so don't judge hard )

A). Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling 
There may be overgeneralization but I didn't see any indicator of subjectivity, since there is fact that "English poets tend to ignore this fact".

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence 
Although there is generalization, there is fact "English poets tend to ignore this fact", so this choice is also eliminated

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique 
No indication or discussion about uniqueness in context, thats why we can't exactly say whether we considered this factor or not

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing 
I think there is logical consequence from fact "English poets tend to ignore this fact" to other information/stimulus(conclusion which serves as conclusion for next sentence) "Disregarding syllable count, they generally call any three-line English poem with a “haiku feel” a haiku" which then leads to conclusion "This demonstrates that English poets have little respect for foreign traditions". Thus it shows that ignoring syllables leads to negative judgment by English poets which make not correct judgement calling “haiku feel".

B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced 
Shows that there is really very big jump from "English poets Disregarding syllable count" and which be indication of little respect to The Japanese haiku (Japanese traditions) to for "foreign traditions" (every other tradition than English , not only Japanese)

SafSin28 · Answer

QS: FLAW
Conclusion: English poets have little respect for foreign traditions, even those from which some of their own poetry derives.
Background: The Japanese haiku = thre lines: 1st line with 5 syll, 2nd one with 7 syll, 3rd one with 5 syll. But English ignores this.

Premise: Any three line is Haiku for English

English has a broader view of haiku!

A. Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling-->NO

B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced--> Yes

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence--->No

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique-->No

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing->NO

KarishmaB · Answer

Premises:

The Japanese haiku is defined as a poem of three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. 
English poets tend to ignore this fact. 
Disregarding syllable count, they generally call any three-line English poem with a “haiku feel” a haiku.

Conclusion:   English poets have little respect for foreign traditions, even those from which some of their own poetry derives.

The argument gives us one case - how English poets ignore the rules set by Japanese for Haiku. The conclusion of the author is that English poets have little respect for foreign traditions. From one example, he is generalizing.

Hence, (B) is the flaw: 
  B. Draws a conclusion that is broader in scope than is warranted by the evidence advanced

The conclusion is way broader in scope than warranted. All we can conclude is that English poets do not respect the Japanese rules for Haiku.

A. Confuses matters of objective fact with matters of subjective feeling
  
English poets do not confuse matters. They ignore objective facts and decide based on feeling.

C. Relies on stereotypes instead of presenting evidence

The author has presented evidence - how English poets ignore the Haiku rules.

D. Overlooks the possibility that the case it cites is not unique

She is not overlooking this possibility. In fact, the author is kind of assuming that the case it cites is not unique. Based on this case, she generalizes that English poets have no respect for foreign traditions. So she is assuming that this is what English poets do in all cases of foreign traditions.

E. Fails to acknowledge that ignoring something implies a negative judgment about that thing

She says that English poets are ignoring the rules. She is judging them negatively. That is the only way these words have any connection with the given argument. The argument does not require any acknowledgment as given from her. This option is given just to confuse you.

Answer (B)

The Japanese haiku is defined as a poem of three lines with five sylla

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