Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion and the other one is labelled as reason.
Assertion: The Affective Fallacy, according to New Criticism, involves the error of interpreting a literary work based on the emotional responses it elicits in the reader.
Reason: New Critics argue that a proper analysis should focus on the text's formal elements rather than subjective emotional reactions.
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Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
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Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
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Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
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