From the bark of the paper birch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feet long and two feet wide, with small ribs and rails of cedar, which could carry four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that a person could easily portage it around impending rapids.
(A) baggage so light
(B) baggage being so light
(C) baggage, yet being so light
(D) baggage, and so light
(E) baggage yet was so light
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The answer is E. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).
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Hi LulaBrazilia,
This SC is based on a Comparison (and a contrast) - we'll need to follow Comparison (and Parallelism rules) to solve it.
You'll notice that all 5 answer choices use the phrase "....so light..." The first part of the sentence describes how big the canoe was and what it could carry, so there is contrast/comparison between those details and how light it was. Contrast usually requires some type of "contrast keyword" (the words although, but, however, yet, etc. are common when writing about a comparison). We'll need to define the contrast, so we'll need an answer that uses a contrast "word." The only answers that do that are C and E.
Next, we'll need to follow Parallelism rules. The first part of the sentence refers to "....crafted a canoe.....which could carry...", so the second part of the sentence has to use a verb that's in the past tense. Eliminate C.
Final Answer: E
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This SC is based on a Comparison (and a contrast) - we'll need to follow Comparison (and Parallelism rules) to solve it.
You'll notice that all 5 answer choices use the phrase "....so light..." The first part of the sentence describes how big the canoe was and what it could carry, so there is contrast/comparison between those details and how light it was. Contrast usually requires some type of "contrast keyword" (the words although, but, however, yet, etc. are common when writing about a comparison). We'll need to define the contrast, so we'll need an answer that uses a contrast "word." The only answers that do that are C and E.
Next, we'll need to follow Parallelism rules. The first part of the sentence refers to "....crafted a canoe.....which could carry...", so the second part of the sentence has to use a verb that's in the past tense. Eliminate C.
Final Answer: E
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
