Self-study
Under the influence of today's computer-oriented culture, publishing for children has taken on a flashy new look that emphasizes illustrations and graphic design; the resulting lack of substance leads to books that are short-lived items covering mainly trendy subjects. ███ ███████ ████ ███████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██████████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ███ █ ████████ █████ ██ ████████ ███████
Summary
Publishing for children has changed. It has been influenced by computer-oriented culture. Publishing emphasizes a flashy look that causes a lack of substance, which leads to short-lived, trend-focused books. The books have also changed to be more humorous, simple, and narrow.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Computer-oriented culture has changed today’s publishing for children.
The changes cause a lack of substance.
The lack of substance results in short lived books.
The culture-driven changes in children’s books have also made those books more humorous, simpler, and narrower in subject matter.
22.
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a
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Unsupported. These changes have all occurred alongside each other, but nothing in the stimulus suggests that the humor and narrower focus are causes of the decreased substance.
b
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Strongly supported. The reason given for why the books are short-lived is that they lack substance. The lack of substance “leads” to the poor longevity.
c
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Unsupported. The stimulus discusses the changes in publishing for children, but does not consider the actual children’s concentration.
d
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Unsupported. The stimulus discusses the changes in publishing for children, but does not consider how the actual children evaluate books.
e
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Unsupported. There is no evidence to conclude anything about what makes a children’s book popular, but we do know the lack of substance will hurt longevity.