I understand the part "It is a promising step in the right direction" of D, but not sure where it says "it does not solve all of the problems that need to be addressed." Is it because it will still have by-products? But I thought reducing is enough and in Q4 B is not wrong too...
What problems are not addressed?
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Re: Q3
Thanks for bringing this question to the forum!
1. ID the Question Stem
“most likely to agree” is in the same family as “inferred/implies/suggests”. Sometimes it may test a big author idea, but mostly the correct answer is a paraphrase of a sentence from the passage (or maybe two of them combined).
2. Find the Support
When we read in the vicinity of line 38, we’re reminded that “designed offal” was brought up in the overall discussion of how an ideal industrial ecosystem might look. Line 37 switches from the ideal to the real. Some people “are already” doing something resembling the ideal. Line 37-42 describes WHAT designed offal some companies are making. To answer “what would the AUTHOR most likely say”, we should see if there is any attitudinal stuff nearby. The following sentence has a little ring of the author’s evaluation of designed offal:
“still requires the expenditure of energy and unavoidable generation of waste”
[neg]
but
“at much lower levels than are typical today”
[pos]
3. Predict the Answer (to the extent you can)
The author would probably say that designed offal is “a good start”, “an encouraging sign”, but not perfect.
4. Answer Choices
(A) This is pure negative. We saw the author say “some negative, some positive”.
(B) This is mixed, although it’s talking about “drawing attention away from the central problem” as the negative part. We didn’t read that. The negative part was that designed offal DOES still expend energy and generate waste. (B) is out of scope, but it even verges on contradicting the author’s purpose in discussing designed offal. Designed offal shows up as an example of how people are already starting to work towards the ideal industrial ecosystem (and THAT is exactly where the author wants our attention directed).
(C) This is mixed, although the negative part is saying (extremely) that designed offal WILL NOT contribute to the ideal. As we just said, the author cites this example as an instance of “a good start”, “a step in the right direction”.
(D) Oops, I swear I hadn’t even read choice (D) yet.
I didn’t mean to steal its “step in the right direction” phrase. This one works. It emphasizes the positive (which makes sense, since the author brought it up as an example of people TRYING to do better). And it’s negative is super weak sounding … “it doesn’t solve ALL problems”. Cool. Of course it doesn’t. What would be a CRAZY extreme claim is if you said the opposite, that “designed offal solves ALL of the problems that need to be addressed”.
(E) “most” is an easy giveaway. Too extreme, can’t support it.
1. ID the Question Stem
“most likely to agree” is in the same family as “inferred/implies/suggests”. Sometimes it may test a big author idea, but mostly the correct answer is a paraphrase of a sentence from the passage (or maybe two of them combined).
2. Find the Support
When we read in the vicinity of line 38, we’re reminded that “designed offal” was brought up in the overall discussion of how an ideal industrial ecosystem might look. Line 37 switches from the ideal to the real. Some people “are already” doing something resembling the ideal. Line 37-42 describes WHAT designed offal some companies are making. To answer “what would the AUTHOR most likely say”, we should see if there is any attitudinal stuff nearby. The following sentence has a little ring of the author’s evaluation of designed offal:
“still requires the expenditure of energy and unavoidable generation of waste”
[neg]
but
“at much lower levels than are typical today”
[pos]
3. Predict the Answer (to the extent you can)
The author would probably say that designed offal is “a good start”, “an encouraging sign”, but not perfect.
4. Answer Choices
(A) This is pure negative. We saw the author say “some negative, some positive”.
(B) This is mixed, although it’s talking about “drawing attention away from the central problem” as the negative part. We didn’t read that. The negative part was that designed offal DOES still expend energy and generate waste. (B) is out of scope, but it even verges on contradicting the author’s purpose in discussing designed offal. Designed offal shows up as an example of how people are already starting to work towards the ideal industrial ecosystem (and THAT is exactly where the author wants our attention directed).
(C) This is mixed, although the negative part is saying (extremely) that designed offal WILL NOT contribute to the ideal. As we just said, the author cites this example as an instance of “a good start”, “a step in the right direction”.
(D) Oops, I swear I hadn’t even read choice (D) yet.
I didn’t mean to steal its “step in the right direction” phrase. This one works. It emphasizes the positive (which makes sense, since the author brought it up as an example of people TRYING to do better). And it’s negative is super weak sounding … “it doesn’t solve ALL problems”. Cool. Of course it doesn’t. What would be a CRAZY extreme claim is if you said the opposite, that “designed offal solves ALL of the problems that need to be addressed”.(E) “most” is an easy giveaway. Too extreme, can’t support it.
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