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Complete Question Explanation
Main Point - Fill in the Blank. The correct answer choice is (C).
This question is asking us to fill in the blank at the end of the stimulus with the answer choice that logically completes the argument. The author contends that children should be discouraged from reading Jones's books and supports this contention by using an analogy which compares reading Jones's books to eating candy. To complete the argument, we need to complete the analogy by finding an answer choice that describes reading Jones's books in the same way that the author describes eating candy--as something that provides short-term sensory stimulation, offers poor nourishment, and dull's one's taste.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the author brings up candy only to make an analogy between the effects of reading Jones's books and the effects of eating candy. The author says that reading Jones's books is "like eating candy"; that it's a comparable situation. The author is not saying that reading the books actually causes children to eat candy.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect because it does not match the candy analogy in the stimulus. The author says that eating candy provides short-term stimulation and dull's one's taste for better fare. If the author thinks Jones's books are similar to candy, he would not concur that children my become frustrated by the difficulty of reading the books and give up reading altogether. He is more concerned that they will not attempt to read more challenging material because Jones's books dull their tastes for better fare.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This answer choice best matches our prephrase. It describes the problem with letting children read Jones's books as their doing so interferes with their ability to appreciate more challenging literature. This is similar to the idea in the stimulus that candy "dull's one's taste for better fare" and so it matches the candy analogy that the author is using.
Answer choice (D): Here, again, the answer choice does not match the analogy in the stimulus. The author never mentions anything about positive teaching done by parents or how candy may undo positive lessons. If the author hasn't mentioned it as a characteristic of eating candy, then it can't complete our analogy about how reading Jones's books is similar to eating candy.
Answer choice (E): Again, this answer choice does not match the candy analogy. The author does not state that eating candy makes children want to spend all their time eating candy. So the author cannot be concerned that reading Jones's books is like eating candy because it will make children want to spend all their time reading. The author does not want to discourage all reading; he wants to make sure that children are reading more substantive works.
Main Point - Fill in the Blank. The correct answer choice is (C).
This question is asking us to fill in the blank at the end of the stimulus with the answer choice that logically completes the argument. The author contends that children should be discouraged from reading Jones's books and supports this contention by using an analogy which compares reading Jones's books to eating candy. To complete the argument, we need to complete the analogy by finding an answer choice that describes reading Jones's books in the same way that the author describes eating candy--as something that provides short-term sensory stimulation, offers poor nourishment, and dull's one's taste.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the author brings up candy only to make an analogy between the effects of reading Jones's books and the effects of eating candy. The author says that reading Jones's books is "like eating candy"; that it's a comparable situation. The author is not saying that reading the books actually causes children to eat candy.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect because it does not match the candy analogy in the stimulus. The author says that eating candy provides short-term stimulation and dull's one's taste for better fare. If the author thinks Jones's books are similar to candy, he would not concur that children my become frustrated by the difficulty of reading the books and give up reading altogether. He is more concerned that they will not attempt to read more challenging material because Jones's books dull their tastes for better fare.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. This answer choice best matches our prephrase. It describes the problem with letting children read Jones's books as their doing so interferes with their ability to appreciate more challenging literature. This is similar to the idea in the stimulus that candy "dull's one's taste for better fare" and so it matches the candy analogy that the author is using.
Answer choice (D): Here, again, the answer choice does not match the analogy in the stimulus. The author never mentions anything about positive teaching done by parents or how candy may undo positive lessons. If the author hasn't mentioned it as a characteristic of eating candy, then it can't complete our analogy about how reading Jones's books is similar to eating candy.
Answer choice (E): Again, this answer choice does not match the candy analogy. The author does not state that eating candy makes children want to spend all their time eating candy. So the author cannot be concerned that reading Jones's books is like eating candy because it will make children want to spend all their time reading. The author does not want to discourage all reading; he wants to make sure that children are reading more substantive works.