Expression of IdeasVery hardUsing evidence to support a claim about method
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A medieval recipe book contains about 200 recipes.
- Only 12 of them give exact quantities.
- The rest call for "enough" or "a good amount" of each ingredient.
- Historians conclude that medieval cooks measured by eye.
The student wants to use the notes to support the historians' conclusion.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Because only 12 of the book's 200 recipes give exact quantities, with the rest calling for "enough" or "a good amount", historians conclude that medieval cooks measured by eye rather than by weight.Correct
- B. The recipe book contains about 200 recipes.
- C. Historians conclude that medieval cooks measured by eye.
- D. Some medieval recipes give exact quantities.
Answer: A. Because only 12 of the book's 200 recipes give exact quantities, with the rest calling for "enough" or "a good amount", historians conclude that medieval cooks measured by eye rather than by weight.
The figures and the phrases, supporting the conclusion.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The recipe book contains about 200 recipes.
- A count with no bearing on method.
- C. Historians conclude that medieval cooks measured by eye.
- The conclusion without support.
- D. Some medieval recipes give exact quantities.
- Points away from the conclusion.
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