Oluwaseyi Moejoh cofounded U-recycle Initiative Africa when she was only a teenager. Moejoh and her team founded the organization to...
GMAT Information and Ideas : (Ideas) Questions
Oluwaseyi Moejoh cofounded U-recycle Initiative Africa when she was only a teenager. Moejoh and her team founded the organization to teach young people how their actions affect the environment and why recycling is important. For example, the organization put on an exhibit of art made using recycled materials.
According to the text, what is one reason Moejoh and others founded U-recycle Initiative Africa?
To bring attention to overlooked African artists
To teach young people why recycling is important
To help adults gain important outdoor skills
To give teenagers advice about starting businesses
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Part A: Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| "Oluwaseyi Moejoh cofounded U-recycle Initiative Africa when she was only a teenager." |
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| "Moejoh and her team founded the organization to teach young people how their actions affect the environment and why recycling is important." |
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| "For example, the organization put on an exhibit of art made using recycled materials." |
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Part B: Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: U-recycle Initiative Africa was founded to educate young people about environmental impact and recycling importance.
Argument Flow: The passage first establishes who Moejoh is and what she created, then clearly states the organization's educational mission, and finally provides a specific example of how this mission plays out in practice.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
What's being asked? One specific reason why Moejoh and others founded the organization
What type of answer do we need? A purpose or motivation that directly caused them to start U-recycle Initiative Africa
Any limiting keywords? "According to the text" means we need to find something explicitly stated, not inferred
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- Looking at our passage analysis, we have a clear purpose statement in the second sentence
- The correct answer should directly reflect this stated mission
- Specifically, it should mention teaching or educating young people about the environment or recycling and match the language used in the passage
To bring attention to overlooked African artists
✗ Incorrect
- Claims the purpose was to bring attention to overlooked African artists
- Nothing in the passage mentions artists being overlooked or needing attention
- The art exhibit was just an example of their educational approach, not the main purpose
To teach young people why recycling is important
✓ Correct
- States they founded it "to teach young people why recycling is important"
- Directly matches the passage: "founded the organization to teach young people how their actions affect the environment and why recycling is important"
- Captures the core educational mission we identified in our analysis
To help adults gain important outdoor skills
✗ Incorrect
- Focuses on helping adults gain outdoor skills
- The passage clearly states their target audience is "young people," not adults
- No mention of outdoor skills anywhere in the text
To give teenagers advice about starting businesses
✗ Incorrect
- Suggests the purpose was giving business advice to teenagers
- While Moejoh was a teenager when she co-founded it, the organization's mission was environmental education, not business mentoring