SAT question ccf414c9 (Command Of Evidence)

Question

E-books became an increasingly popular means of reading in the United States in the 2000s and 2010s, though that popularity was concentrated in titles that, like those in most fiction genres, are meant to be read straight through from beginning to end. For books in nonfiction genres that do not tell stories and require the reader to flip back and forth through a volume, e-books were significantly less commercially successful. This can be seen by comparing Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to illustrate the claim?

College Board · Accepted Answer

The correct answer is A. Choice A is the best answer because it uses data from the table to effectively support the claim that book genres that typically require the reader to start at the beginning of the story and read straight through are more commercially successful as e-books than other genres. For each of three years, the table presents four book genres and the percentage of total sales for each genre in e-book format. Cookbooks, a nonfiction genre, do not require the reader to read straight through. According to the table, 10.5 percent of total cookbook sales in 2016 were in the e-book format. The 2016 percentage of e-book sales was 36.7 percent in the science fiction and fantasy genre, which are typically stories read straight through from start to finish. The higher percentage of total sales of the story-based e-books in 2016 supports the claim in the text.

E-book Sales as a Percentage of Total Unit Sales in All Book Formats for a Large US Trade Publisher, by Genre, 2006, 2011, 2016
Genre	2006	2011	2016
science fiction and fantasy	$0.6$	$27.7$	$36.7$
cookbooks	$0$	$2.9$	$10.5$
travel guides	$0$	$5.5$	$24.6$
romance	$0.3$	$40.6$	$56.2$

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong

SAT Question ccf414c9: Command Of Evidence answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong