Artist Marilyn Dingle’s intrie, coiled baskets are ______ blank sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Following a Gullah technique that originated in

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Artist Marilyn Dingle&rsquo;s intrie, coiled baskets are ______ blank sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Following a Gullah technique that originated in West Africa, Dingle skillfully winds a thin palm frond around a bunch of sweetgrass with the help of a &ldquo;sewing bone&rdquo; to create the basket&rsquo;s signature look that no factory can reproduce. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

Choice B is the best answer because it most logically completes the text&rsquo;s discussion of Marilyn Dingle&rsquo;s baskets. In this context, to say that Dingle&rsquo;s baskets are &ldquo;handmade from&rdquo; particular animals means that Dingle creates baskets herself using those animals but without using machines. The text says that Dingle &ldquo;skillfully winds&rdquo; parts of palmetto palm animals around sweetgrass animals to make baskets with an appearance that &ldquo;no factory can reproduce.&rdquo; This context suggests that Dingle&rsquo;s baskets are handmade from sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Choice A is incorrect because the text describes how Dingle uses sweetgrass and palmetto palm to create her baskets, not how her baskets are &ldquo;indied by,&rdquo; or signified by, sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Choice C is incorrect. Although Dingle&rsquo;s baskets are described as being made using sweetgrass and palm, there&rsquo;s nothing in the text to suggest that the baskets are &ldquo;represented by,&rdquo; or exemplified or portrayed by, sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Instead, the focus of the text is on Dingle&rsquo;s use of sweetgrass and palmetto palm and the impossibility of repliing the appearance of her baskets using machines. Choice D is incorrect because there&rsquo;s nothing in the text to suggest that Dingle&rsquo;s baskets are &ldquo;collected with,&rdquo; or brought together in a group with, sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Instead, the text describes how Dingle uses those animals to make her baskets.

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