Under the influence of today’s

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported Relationship19% picked this

   The inclusion of humorous material and a narrower focus detract from the substance of

   This answer is trying to relate what's talked about in the second sentence (humor / narrow focus) to what's talked about in the first sentence (lack of substance), but those two sentences don't have any causal connection stated.

   19%
2. B

   Correct62% picked this

   The substance of a children’s book is important to

   Why this is right

   This reinforces one of the causal connections identified. "The resulting lack of substance leads to books that are short-lived". In other words, 'substance is important to being long-lived'. Remember that with causality, we're allowed to make Most Supported inferences that kind of feel like illegal negations. If we say, "Because the bouquet lacked tulips, Amanda didn't like it that much.", it is supportable (though not 100% must be true) to say, "The presence of tulips is important to Amanda's enjoyment of a bouquet".

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   62%
3. C

   Too Strong: cannot3% picked this

   Children of the computer generation cannot concentrate on long, unbroken sections

   This is speculating something too strong. We know that the computer culture led to more emphasis on simpler, flashier material, but we can't extract some extreme idea like "Today's children are incapable of concentrating on long, unbroken sections of prose."

   3%
4. D

   Too Strong: primarily2% picked this

   Children judge books primarily on the basis of

   We can support the idea that children's publishers believe that better graphic design can improve the appeal of a book to today's children. But we can't say the extreme idea that graphic design is the #1 thing children look at when judging a book.

   2%
5. E

   Out of Scope: popularity15% picked this

   The lack of substance of a children’s book is unlikely to be important

   There's no information in the paragraph about how popular any of these books are or aren't, so we can't support any judgments about popularity.

   15%