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Difficulty: MediumMeeting Specific Rhetorical Goals

Passage Excerpt:
Although many people think of vanilla as a basic or simple flavor, the process of cultivating vanilla beans is incredibly labor-intensive. Each orchid flower blooms for only a single day, during which it must be hand-pollinated by skilled workers using a thin wooden splinter. After pollination, the green pods must grow on the vine for nine months before they can be harvested.

The writer wants to add a sentence at this point that highlights the extreme precision and care required during the curing stage of vanilla production. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

  1. A
    During the curing process, workers sweat and dry the beans daily, this prevents rot and ensures the flavor develops.
  2. B
    The curing stage is long and tedious; however, vanilla remains a highly popular flavor that is worth the cultivation effort.
  3. During this crucial phase, workers must monitor the humidity constantly, wrapping the beans in blankets each night and exposing them to the sun for exactly three hours each day.Answer
  4. D
    Vanilla pods are eventually dried and sorted by size, which is a standard procedure used for many other agricultural crops.

Answer

During this crucial phase, workers must monitor the humidity constantly, wrapping the beans in blankets each night and exposing them to the sun for exactly three hours each day.
The correct option is grammatically correct and directly addresses the rhetorical goal by emphasizing the meticulous care (constantly monitoring humidity and wrapping the beans in blankets) and extreme precision (exposing them to the sun for exactly three hours each day) required during the curing process.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the prompt to identify the specific rhetorical goal.
The goal is to find a sentence that highlights the extreme precision and care required during the curing stage of vanilla production.
Understanding the precise criteria of the rhetorical goal is necessary to eliminate options that deviate from it.
2
Evaluate the grammatical correctness of each choice.
The choice containing 'this prevents rot' is grammatically incorrect due to a comma splice, while the other choices are grammatically correct.
ACT English questions require the correct option to be grammatically correct first.
3
Evaluate the remaining grammatically correct choices against the rhetorical goal.
The choice about the standard procedure for agricultural crops and the choice about vanilla's popularity fail to focus on the precision and care of curing. Only the option describing constant humidity monitoring, night wrapping, and exact sun exposure directly fulfills the criteria.
Identifying the option that matches all aspects of the rhetorical goal yields the correct answer.

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Meeting Specific Rhetorical Goals
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