Using a dictionary, read the following passage taken from t. s. eliot's "tradition and the individual talent" and fill out the worksheet: in a peculiar sense he will be aware also that [the poet] must inevitably be judged by the standards of the past. i say judged, not amputated, by them; not judged to be as good as, or worse or better than, the dead; and certainly not judged by the canons of dead critics. it is a judgment, a comparison, in which two things are measured by each other. to conform merely would be for the new work not really to conform at all; it would not be new, and would therefore not be a work of art. and we do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value–a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity. we say: it appears to conform, and is perhaps individual, or it appears individual, and may conform; but we are hardly likely to find that it is one and not the other. 1. what is the main idea of the paragraph? 2. using a dictionary, context clues, or a priori knowledge, define the following terms (in the sense that eliot is using them): peculiar inevitably canon infallible conform 3. according to eliot, is a work of art that conforms completely really a work of art? type the sentence in which this information is found. 4. according to eliot, should contemporary works of art be judged as “better” or “worse” than past ones? type the sentence in which this information is found. 5. using a dictionary and the methods described at the beginning of the “advanced reading skills” lesson, provide a “translation” of eliot’s paragraph.