Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

The sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it. Scientists have shown that people all over the world must learn to like salty tastes, sour tastes, mixed tastes. But from the moment we are born, we crave sweetness. Cane sugar was the first product in human history that perfectly satisfied that desire. And the bitter lives of the enslaved Africans produced so much sugar that pure sweetness began to spread around the world.

How do the authors support their claim and purpose with their choice of words?

by using words with only positive connotations
by using words that criticize sugar
by repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes
by repeating the words cheap and bitte

Answer 1

by repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes

Repetition of those words emphasizes sugar’s irresistible appeal and the natural human craving for sweetness, reinforcing the authors’ claim about sugar’s global spread and impact.