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
7.
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Not supported. Nothing in the last paragraph suggests “most” customers know the names of the “best” perfumes.
b
The profitability of █ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ █ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████
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Companies that sell ███████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ████ █████ █████████ █████
Not supported. In fact, the author suggests that companies that sell perfume pay attention to “marketing” and “public relations,” which suggests they might have some concern with public perception.
d
Perfume makers of ███ ████ █████ █████ ██████ ████ ███████████ █████████
Not supported, because it’s too extreme. The author doesn’t comment on all perfume makers of the past and doesn’t suggest that they wouldn’t change established formulas. Some of them might have changed established formulas.
e
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Not supported because it’s too extreme. We don’t know that these companies make “most” of their profits on perfumes from the least expensive price ranges. Maybe they may make most of their money from expensive perfumes that are made very cheaply?