Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how do the details in this passage support the author’s purpose? ○ the comparison of honey to sugar production he persuade readers that honey is better than sugar. ○ the details about sugar’s dependency on slavery help inform readers about why sugar was inexpensive. ○ the details about the sugar’s strong flavor enterta the reader with stories of how people invented suga ○ the comparison of the invention of sugar to steel helps persuade readers that sugar is easier to make than steel.

Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: The passage doesn't aim to persuade that honey is better; it focuses on sugar's story, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 2: The passage mentions sugar was inexpensive because it relied on slave labor (people in motion, including slaves) to produce, so this detail explains why sugar was cheap, matching the author's purpose of revealing sugar's history.
• Analyze Option 3: The strong flavor detail is to introduce sugar's uniqueness, not to entertain with invention stories, so this is wrong.
• Analyze Option 4: The comparison to steel is to show sugar was invented, not to persuade it's easier to make than steel, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

The details about sugar’s dependency on slavery help inform readers about why sugar was inexpensive.