Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose

Question 1

Which statement is an example of compare and contrast?

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D: Honey was a common sweetener, but sugar was easier to harvest.

Question 2

What purposes does a prologue serve? Check all that apply.to provide details that may be important to the textto analyze how successfully a text achieves its purposeto offer an opinion or perspective about the text as a wholeto analyze how the topic of the text compares to other textsto discuss important events that caused the author to write the text

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A: to provide details that may be important to the text; C: to offer an opinion or perspective about the text as a whole; E: to discuss important events that caused the author to write the text

Question 3

How does the heading support the passage?

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B: It indicates the topic and emphasizes the main idea of the passage.

Question 4

Identify the image that this caption best explains: "Sugar cane can be pressed to extract a sweet, syrupy ‘juice,’ which is a popular beverage in many countries where the plant is grown.”

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C:

Question 5

In what kind of text would you expect to find this timeline?

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A: an online article about the evolution of bicycles

Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose Answers

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