Self-study
P1
Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. ███ ██ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████████ █████████████ ███ ██████ █ ████ ███ ██ ████ █ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████████ █████ █ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████ █████████
Author's position ·
Perfume should be considered as art
Possibly the main point; this sounds like a conclusion that the author will the spend the rest of the passage supporting
P2
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Support author's position ·
Analogy between perfume and painting
Compares paint ingredients to perfume ingredients
Describe process ·
Painting
Built up in layers, with end product changing over time. The author began this paragraph with a discussion of analogy, so expect the next paragraph to show how the process of perfume-making is analogous to this.
P3
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Support author's position ·
Further analogy
Perfume-makers ("noses") choose different scent combinations (like different paints) to create certain moods; end product changes over time
Support author's position ·
More analogy
Perfumes have similar effects to paintings or music: they all create imaginary worlds and evoke memories
P4
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Hypothesis ·
Why others don't consider perfume as art
Commercialization of perfume undermines its quality
Author's perspective ·
Disapproves of commercialization of perfume
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
6.
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a
an art museum ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ ████████ █████ ███ ██ ██████████
This doesn’t involve cutting costs.
b
a movie studio █████████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██████████ ████████████ ██ █ ██████ ████████
This is the best answer. Although it doesn’t clearly indicate that the end product is worse, it’s the only answer that involves cutting the costs of a product and doesn’t contain something else that’s not analogous.
c
a director of ██ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ███ ██████ ██████ ███████ ██ ███████████ ██ █████████ ████████
Although this involves cutting an annual budget, this isn’t the same as cutting costs involved with a particular product. This is equivalent to a company cutting the overall amount of money devoted to producing perfumes. We’re looking for something analogous to cutting the costs involved in making a particular perfume.
d
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This doesn’t cutting costs of a product.
e
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Although this involves cutting the costs of one thing, (E) indicates that the budget will increase for another thing. An increase in the budget for another product doesn’t match what we’re looking for.