Which statement about Aristotle's Poetics is true?

1. AIt values poetry for imitation (mimesis) rather than rhetoric.
2. BIt prefers rhetoric to mimesis.
3. CIt integrates rhetoric and mimesis.
4. DIt focuses equally on rhetoric and mimesis.

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Correct answer: A. It values poetry for imitation (mimesis) rather than rhetoric.

Explanation

The Poetics grounds poetry in mimesis, a natural human instinct; rhetoric has its own treatise.