Command of Text Evidence Practice

American fashion designer Patrick Kelly was known for his love of colorful buttons. Many of his signature dresses feature bold assortments of buttons throughout the garment. In a paper, a fashion design student claims that Kelly’s use of buttons as decoration was inspired by his childhood observations of the styles and actions of the women in his family.

Which quotation from a work by a historian would be the most effective evidence for the student to include in support of this claim?

• “Kelly’s grandmother, who would repair clothing when he was a child, frequently added mismatched buttons to the clothes to draw attention away from any flaws in the garments.”

• “Kelly was destined to be a designer from a young age: he learned how to sew clothing from his aunt Bertha, and his love of drawing was developed by his mother.”

• “Although some of the assortments of buttons appear to be mismatched pieces scattered randomly throughout Kelly’s dresses, his most famous designs feature carefully crafted patterns of matching buttons.”

• "Many of Kelly’s contemporaries were inspired by his designs to incorporate buttons, as well as zippers and snaps, as decorative items in their work."

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Many scientists have believed that giraffes are solitary creatures, preferring to spend their time alone instead of with others. But observations of giraffes and their behavior in recent years has suggested that these animals may be more social than we once thought. For example, scientists Zoe Muller and Stephen Harris claim that giraffes may even help each other care for one another’s newborns.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support Muller and Harris’s conclusion?

• Giraffes are able to make sounds but are rarely observed communicating with others.

• Some female giraffes have been observed sniffing and licking their newborn offspring.

• Confrontations between a younger and an older male giraffe are frequently observed.

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  Female giraffes have been observed feeding young giraffes that aren’t their direct offspring.

Roasted green chiles are a popular ingredient in Southwestern cuisine, but the traditional roasting method of burning propane is not environmentally friendly. To see if solar power could provide a better alternative, engineer Kenneth Armijo and his team roasted batches of green chiles using between 38 and 42 heliostats, which are devices that concentrate sunlight. The team was successful in reaching the same roasting temperature used in traditional propane roasting, but they found that propane yielded faster results. While the fastest solar-roasted green chiles took six minutes, batches using propane took only four. Armijo hypothesizes that they can reduce the roasting time for solar-roasted green chiles by using more heliostats.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support Armijo’s hypothesis?

• Attempts to roast green chiles using 50 heliostats yields results in fewer than six minutes.

• Green chile connoisseurs prefer the flavor of solar-roasted green chiles over the flavor of propane roasted green chiles.

• The skins of solar-roasted green chiles are easier to peel than the skins of propane-roasted green chiles.

• The temperature inside the roasting drum is distributed more evenly when roasting green chiles with solar power than with propane.

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In her 1921 poem “Spring,” Edna St. Vincent Millay subverts conventional depictions of springtime. Instead of celebrating growth and renewal, Millay disputes the merit of the season entirely: ______

Which quotation from “Spring” most effectively illustrates the claim?

• “To what purpose, April, do you return again? / Beauty is not enough.”

• The sun is hot on my neck as I observe / The spikes of the crocus.

• The smell of the earth is good. / It is apparent that there is no death.

• Life in itself / Is nothing, / An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.

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