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

Question 1

What is one purpose of the prologue in Sugar Changed the World?

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D: to inform readers of the authors’ family histories and how their connection to sugar spurred their interest and research

Question 2

How is the text structured in this passage from the prologue?

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D: It has a problem-and-solution structure because it shows how ancient people solved the dilemma of finding sweeteners.

Question 3

Which excerpt from the passage provides evidence of a problem-and-solution structure?

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D: “You could hollow out a log near bees, and they would make it their home.”

Question 4

How is the text structured in this passage from the prologue?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: It has a chronological structure because it connects major events in the production of sugar in the British Empire.

Question 5

Which excerpt from the passage provides evidence of a chronological structure?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: “Slavery was abolished . . . thirty years before the Emancipation Proclamation.”

Question 6

How does the timeline support the text?

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B: It documents key events in the sugar and sweetener industries.

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