The picture of a knitter as an older woman sitting in a cosy, vintage living room with a basket of yarn at her feet and a bun in her hair is a thing of the past. As knitting becomes more popular and fashionable, describing the average knitter becomes increasingly challenging. Knitters today could be as young as 18, as old as 40, or as old as 65. They may live in a large city and take lessons in a knitting store that also serves as a café, or they may congregate in suburban coffee shops to support one another in knitting and other pursuits. It could be two older adults knitting in a church hall or two college roommates knitting in their dorm rooms. Men are joining in the fun as well.To replace the image of the old woman with the basket of yarn, it would be extremely difficult to create an authentic profile of a current knitter!This paragraph provides the strongest evidence for the claim that
A. Knitting is resurfacing as a way for people to reconnect with simpler times.
B. Knitting is becoming more of a social activity than a personal pastime.
C. The ability to create an accurate profile of a specific type of person is contingent on the members of this group sharing common qualities and characteristics.
D. Knitters today are far less skilled than knitters in the past.
Answer:C
The picture of a knitter as an older woman sitting in a cosy, vintage living room with a basket of yarn at her feet and a bun in her hair is a thing of the past. As knitting becomes more popular and fashionable, describing the average knitter becomes increasingly challenging. Knitters today could be as young as 18, as old as 40, or as old as 65. They may live in a large city and take lessons in a knitting store that also serves as a café, or they may congregate in suburban coffee shops to support one another in knitting and other pursuits. It could be two older adults knitting in a church hall or two college roommates knitting in their dorm rooms. Men are joining in the fun as well.To replace the image of the old woman with the basket of yarn, it would be extremely difficult to create an authentic profile of a current knitter!This paragraph provides the strongest evidence for the claim that
A. Knitting is resurfacing as a way for people to reconnect with simpler times. B. Knitting is becoming more of a social activity than a personal pastime. C. The ability to create an accurate profile of a specific type of person is contingent on the members of this group sharing common qualities and characteristics. D. Knitters today are far less skilled than knitters in the past.
Explanation: Following a conversation about how different today's knitters are from each other and from knitters in the past, the comment that it is difficult to develop an accurate description of a contemporary knitter appears. The paragraph does not support options a and d. Although the text mentions knitting in groups, it does not clearly state that more knitting is done in groups nowadays; so, option b is inaccurate. Young people may be knitting in record numbers, but that statement is not supported by the material in the paragraph, thus option e must be eliminated as well.