How do the authors support their claim and purpose with

their choice of words?

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

The sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations

was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure

pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it.

Scientists have shown that people all over the world must

learn to like salty tastes, sour tastes, mixed tastes. But from

the moment we are born, we crave sweetness. Cane sugar

was the first product in human history that perfectly

satisfied that desire. And the bitter lives of the enslaved

Africans produced so much sugar that pure sweetness

began to spread around the world.

by using words with only positive connotations

by using words that criticize sugar

by repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes

by repeating the words cheap and bitter

Answer: The correct answer is the C. By repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that since the purpose of the authors in this passage is to stress the terrible conditions in which slaves found themselves working in order to produce vast quantities of sugar, and also to explain why sugar became immediately so desirable-human beings are inherently inclined to like a sweet flavor right away, whether they need to develop a taste for salty or sour flavor-they emphasize the words "sweetness," "pure," and "tastes." By doing so, they show and stress the irony of the slave trade, which condemned a certain sector of the population to mass-produce a delicious substance that easily captivated other sectors of the population that effortless had access to it and consumed it.

Answer: C) by repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes