Explain sentence roles and combine sources condition by condition
A sentence can add an example, explain a cause, mark a contrast or narrow an earlier statement. Naming its role requires reading both the sentence and its neighbours. In the original pair “Digital copies remain available. Unlike the wall display, they can be searched by date, ” the second sentence contrasts a feature. It neither explains why the repairs began nor claims that every collection has been digitised. The contrast is local to the two stated forms of access. Integrating a notice and a table requires keeping each source’s conditions. Consider this newly written temporary-service table in words: scanned-map access—Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00–15:00; request pickup—Monday through Friday, 10:00–16:00. An accompanying notice says the wall display is closed this week. On Thursday at 12:00, both listed temporary services are within their stated schedules; the closed wall display is not. On Wednesday at 12:00, pickup is supported but scanned-map access is not listed. The time alone is insufficient. A day condition, time condition and closure condition can all matter simultaneously. When an option combines services, check each component separately rather than approving the bundle because one service is available. A useful scratch table has one row per service and columns for day, time and overriding notice. This table is a reasoning aid for the fictional source material, not an asserted policy at any real institution. ATI’s reading outline specifically includes applying information in visuals and integrating sources in different formats. Here the learning operation is connecting explicit facts, not inventing a reason for the timetable. A later timetable could change the answer; a personal expectation of normal opening hours cannot change the given one. Distinguish a statement contradicted by the sources from one simply not established by them.
Read the original excerpt: “Foyer desks are available for short visits. Unlike the reading room, they cannot be reserved.” What does the second sentence do in this excerpt?
- The contrast marker identifies a difference in reservation features. It limits an assumption about equivalence. It gives no history, numerical duration rule or recommendation to use an unavailable room.
Compare the other answer choices
No history of the reservation system is provided.
Neither desk count nor a rule connecting count with visit duration appears here.
The contrast supplies a feature distinction, not this recommendation.
Try it, then explain it.
Complete a short set without looking at the example. After each answer, explain which evidence or rule supports your decision and why the alternatives do not fit.
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