Question

Read the following sentence from the passage.

For example, marketers working for a mall in Asia sprayed baby powder in the baby clothes aisles and fruit scents in the produce section. (paragraph 3)

What point in the author’s argument does this evidence best support?
A. Stores are dazzling environments full of many different sounds, scents, textures, and colors.
B. One way marketers lure shoppers is to appeal to their emotions through their senses.
C. Shoppers would spend much less money if store marketers were not manipulating them.
D. Commercials try to get you to associate positive feelings with the product they are selling.

Answer 1

B. The example shows marketers using scents to appeal to shoppers’ senses (and thus emotions) to lure them, which best supports option B.