Leading Questions

Answer choices

1. A

   Weak Match2% picked this

   For purposes of flavor and preservation, salt and vinegar are important additions to cucumbers during the process of pickling, but these purposes could be

   We have something that is important to Thing 1, but we're missing the idea that this same thing is unimportant to Thing 2. We're really just saying that something is important, but not essential, to Thing 1 because there are other ingredients that could do the same thing. A correct answer would be something like "salt and vinegar are important additions to cucumbers for pickling, but they're unimportant additions to potato chips."

   2%
2. B

   Bad Match4% picked this

   For the purpose of adding a mild stimulant effect, caffeine is included in some types of carbonated drinks, but for the purposes of appealing

   We want to see that a certain Thing is tangential to one audience but crucial to another audience. Here, it's saying we add the Thing for a stimulant effect, or we subtract the Thing somewhere else for a health-conscious effect.

   4%
3. C

   Almost Matches9% picked this

   For purposes of flavor and tenderness, the skins of apples and some other fruits are removed during preparation for drying, but grape skins are

   We're talking about the same thing (fruit skin), but we're not saying it's tangential here but essential there. Instead, we're saying it's not wanted here but essential there. Details like hair length and shirt color weren't unwanted by the witnesses, they were just unimportant.

   9%
4. D

   Correct75% picked this

   For purposes of flavor and appearance, wheat germ is not needed in flour and is usually removed during milling, but for purposes of nutrition,

   Why this is right

   This ends up being our closest match. A certain thing (wheat germ) is not needed (i.e. tangential) in one context but it's important (i.e. crucial) in another context. I'm bothered by the fact that important isn't quite as strong as crucial, in that I think of 'crucial' as conveying 'necessary', whereas 'important' to me doesn't mean necessary. But this is still the best match we're offered.

   Skill tested: Analogy · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   75%
5. E

   Weak Match10% picked this

   For purposes of texture and appearance, some fat may be removed from meat when it is ground into sausage, but the removal of fat

   This one, like (A), doesn't have two different entities or audiences. It's saying some Thing (fat) is removed for one reason (texture/appearance ... is that tangential?) and also removed for an important reason (health). If this answer had said, "removing fat from sausage is done for cosmetic reasons that don't really matter, whereas removing fat from milk is done for important health reasons". In the passage, a certain thing (hair style / shirt color) was unimportant in one setting but important in another setting. In this answer, a certain thing (removing fat) in one setting (sausage) has an unimportant (?) purpose and an important purpose.

   10%