The student wants to indicate when and where suminagashi originated. Which choice best uses the notes to accomplish this goal?

Question

While researching traditional crafts, a student has taken the following notes:

• Suminagashi is a paper-marbling technique.
• Suminagashi originated in Japan in the twelfth century.
• The name suminagashi means "floating ink."
• To make suminagashi, an artist floats ink on water and lays a sheet of paper on the surface.
• No two sheets of suminagashi paper are exactly alike.

Accepted Answer

C. Suminagashi, a paper-marbling technique, originated in Japan in the twelfth century.. C is correct because it supplies both pieces of information the goal requires: the place (Japan) and the time (the twelfth century) of the technique's origin. A encodes the error of selecting a note about the name's meaning, which gives neither a date nor a place. B encodes the error of describing the process instead of the origin. D encodes the error of choosing a general characteristic of the finished paper; it identifies what suminagashi is but never says when or where it began.

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A. Suminagashi, whose name means "floating ink," produces sheets of paper unlike any others. — The meaning of the name and the uniqueness of each sheet are accurate notes, but neither gives a date or a place of origin.

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B. To make suminagashi, an artist floats ink on water and then lays a sheet of paper on the surface. — This describes how suminagashi is made, not when or where the technique began.

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D. Suminagashi is a paper-marbling technique in which no two sheets are exactly alike. — This tells the reader what suminagashi is and what its paper is like, but it never states a time or a location of origin.

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Answer: C. Suminagashi, a paper-marbling technique, originated in Japan in the twelfth century.

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