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Difficulty: MediumMeeting Specific Rhetorical Goals

Passage Excerpt:
In the early 1900s, botanist Ynes Mexia began her career in Mexico. She traveled across the rugged terrain of the Americas, collecting thousands of plant specimens. [1] Many of these specimens were later housed in herbariums around the world.

The writer wants to replace the sentence at [1] with a sentence that highlights the physical difficulties of Mexia's expeditions. Given that all the statements are true, which choice best accomplishes this goal?

  1. A
    She carefully cataloged each specimen and sent them to various research institutions.
  2. B
    She traveled to remote areas, she braved dense jungles to search for plants.
  3. She scaled active volcanoes and braved dense jungles to gather rare species.Answer
  4. D
    She collected specimens of daisies and other flowering plants in Mexico.

Answer

The sentence 'She scaled active volcanoes and braved dense jungles to gather rare species.' is the correct choice because it is grammatically correct and directly describes the physical challenges of Mexia's expeditions.
The correct choice is the sentence that describes the physical challenges Mexia encountered, such as climbing active volcanoes and navigating dense jungles, while maintaining proper grammar.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the rhetorical goal specified in the prompt.
The prompt asks for a sentence that highlights the physical difficulties of Mexia's expeditions.
This establishes the criteria for evaluating the choices based on their content.
2
Evaluate the choices for grammatical correctness.
The option containing 'She traveled to remote areas, she braved dense jungles' is ungrammatical because of a comma splice. The remaining options are grammatically correct.
Eliminating grammatically incorrect options is a standard first step in ACT English questions.
3
Compare the grammatically correct options against the rhetorical goal.
The option about cataloging specimens and the option about daisies do not describe physical difficulties. Only the option describing scaling active volcanoes and braving dense jungles fulfills this criteria.
This selects the option that fulfills both the grammatical and rhetorical requirements of the prompt.

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Meeting Specific Rhetorical Goals
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