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11. In context, which is the best revision to sentence 5 (reproduced below?)

In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry was different from
rhetoric.
a. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics; the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
b. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics, the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
c. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
d. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry was different from rhetoric.​

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Answer:

Sentence B

Step-by-step explanation:

The commas represent the definition of the word, so the definition of "poetics" is "the theory of poetry"

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Answer: Its C I think

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