*Wait . . . they didn’t have Tinder? How did they find their soul mates?!
—SamanthaC) It supports the claim because the top three procrastination methods
were favored by a combined 94 percent of teenagers in 1618,
whereas the top three claimed only 63 percent of the total in 2018.
D) It does not support the claim because fewer students chose to
procrastinate by watching Shakespeare plays in 2018.Graphics on the SAT that show distributions separated by time will either be
noticeably different or, maybe, remarkably similar. You should focus on these
obvious differences or similarities. Here, the question asks about a difference
between the two distributions—according to the author of the passage (not
included here), teens’ procrastination preferences are more varied today than
they were 400 years ago. In other words, the author claims that the teen
population selects a wider array of activities as their favorite way to
procrastinate than it did in Shakespeare’s day. Looking at the pie charts, you can
see that the most noticeable difference between them is that the number of
students who chose one of the “other” procrastination methods increased from 6
percent to 37 percent. Logically, this supports the author’s claim. Technology has
created so many new ways to procrastinate that teens aren’t overwhelmingly
choosing a few favorites anymore. Even if they still haven’t given up on trying
to lick their own noses.
Attempting to lick your own nose will never go out of style.