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1、PromptAsyoureadthepassagebelow,considerhowDanaGioiauses?evidence,suchasfactsorexamples,tosupportclaims??reasoningtodevelopideasandtoconnectclaimsandevidence.?stylisticorpersuasiveelements,suchaswordchoiceorappealstoemotion,toaddpowertotheideasexpressed.AdaptedfromDanaGioia,“WhyLiterature
2、Matters55?2005byTheNewYorkTimesCompany.OriginallypublishedApril10,2005.[A]strangethinghashappenedintheAmericanartsduringthepastquartercentury.Whileincomerosetounforeseenlevels,collegeattendanceballooned,andaccesstoinformationincreasedenormously,theinterestyoungAmericansshowedinthearts—an
3、despeciallyliterature一actuallydiminished.Accordingtothe2002SurveyofPublicParticipationintheArts,apopulationstudydesignedandcommissionedbytheNationalEndowmentfortheArts(andexecutedbytheUSBureauoftheCensus),artsparticipationbyAmericanshasdeclinedforeightoftheninemajorformsthataremeasured..
4、..Thedeclineshavebeenmostsevereamongyoungeradults(ages18-24).Themostworrisomefindinginthe2002study,however,isthedecliningpercentageofAmericans,especiallyyoungadults,readingliterature?Thatindividualsatatimeofcrucialintellectualandemotionaldevelopmentbypassthejoysandchallengesofliteraturei
5、satroublingtrend.Ifitweretruethattheysubstitutedhistories,biographies,orpoliticalworksforliterature,onemightnotworry.Butbookreadingofanykindisfallingaswell.Thatsuchalongstandingandfundamentalculturalactivityshouldslipsoswiftly,especiallyamongyoungadults,signifiesdeeptransformationsincont
6、emporarylife.Tocallattentiontothetrend,theArtsEndowmentissuedthereadingportionoftheSurveyasaseparatereport,"ReadingatRisk:ASurveyofLiteraryReadinginAmerica.5,Thedeclineinreadinghasconsequencesthatgobeyondliterature?Thesignificanceofreadinghasbecomeapersistentthemeinthebusinessworld?TheFe
7、bruaryissueofVV/recZmagazine,forexample,sketchesanewsetofmentalskillsandhabitspropertothe21stcentury,aptitudesdecidedlyliteraryincharacter:not“l(fā)inear,logical,analyticaltalents,"authorDanielPinkstates,but“theabilitytocreateartisticandemotionalbeauty,todetectpatternsandoppo