Research Workshop: Writing an Argumentative Essay — Cumulative exam
Question 67 • ALT ENG 11 S2 Common Core ELA 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-CR
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. At Burger King restaurants, frozen hamburger patties are placed on a conveyer belt and emerge from a broiler ninety seconds later fully cooked. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino’s also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times. The ovens at McDonald’s look like commercial laundry presses, with big steel hoods that swing down and grill hamburgers on both sides at once. The burgers, chicken, french fries, and buns are all frozen when they arrive at a McDonald’s. The evidence presented here supports the author’s claim that fast food restaurants are like factories because the excerpt
Answer
A
explores the variety of items available at many fast food chains.
B
describes the typical workday of a fast food employee.
C
explains why teenagers like to work at fast food restaurants.
D
illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster.
Explanation
The excerpt describes conveyor belts, fixed cooking times, and machines that cook several items in a standardized way. These details show food being prepared through an assembly-line process designed for speed and consistency, much like factory production. Choice D, “illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster,” best matches the evidence; the passage does not discuss menu variety, employees’ workdays, or why teenagers take these jobs.
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