Lucas M. answered • 06/03/19
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Answer Choice A is the correct answer because Paragraph 2 describes the physical details of the father’s shop, focusing specifically on the glass display cases, of which the narrator makes the comment, “They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village.” This most closely matches Answer Choice A, which says that, compared to the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village, the narrator’s family ink shop “displays the family’s ink more impressively.” Answer Choices B and C are incorrect because the Passage doesn’t describe the family’s ink shop as being “more conveniently located for the public” or as providing “greater individual attention to customers.” Answer Choice D is incorrect because the narrator comments on the quality and appearance of the display, not on the size of the space.
How to solve this? The Question asks, “The narrator indicates that the contrast between the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village and her family’s ink shop is that the ink shop [...]?” To solve this, we should first go back to the Passage and look for what the narrator says about her family’s ink shop. The [Question Order Rule] tells us that we should expect our Text to come before Lines 46, and we can begin scanning in that area for “Immortal Heart Village.”
Lines 30-32 say, “They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village.” Checking our references, we should note that the “they” mentioned here refers to the glass display cases that the narrator admires. Thus, we see that the narrator finds the display cases at her father’s ink shop to be look better than the ones from the studio at Immortal Heart village, and we should expect our answer choice to refer to this.
Answer Choice A says that thinks that her family’s ink shop “displays the family’s ink more impressively.” This does match our understanding of the Text, so we should keep this option. Answer Choice B says that the family’s ink shop “is more conveniently located for the public,” which neither the Passage nor our Text mention, so we should eliminate this option. Answer Choice C says that the family’s ink shop “provides greater individual attention to customers,” which we should also eliminate because neither our Text nor our Passage mentions it. Answer Choice D says that the family’s ink shop “offers a larger space for presenting products,” which is also incorrect because the narrator highlights the appearance of the display cases and not the size of the space. This leaves us with only Answer Choice A, which we should choose as our correct option.
