SAT OwlQuestion bank / Rhetorical Synthesis
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Edmonia Lewis (c. 1844–1907) was an American sculptor of African American and Ojibwe descent.
• She spent most of her career working in Rome.
• Her marble sculpture The Death of Cleopatra was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
• The sculpture was later lost for decades.
• It was rediscovered in the 1980s and is now in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The student wants to emphasize that the sculpture was missing for a long time before reaching its current home. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Edmonia Lewis's The Death of Cleopatra was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Edmonia Lewis, who spent most of her career in Rome, created the marble sculpture The Death of Cleopatra.
After being lost for decades, Edmonia Lewis's The Death of Cleopatra was rediscovered in the 1980s and is now held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The Death of Cleopatra, now held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, was created by an American sculptor of African American and Ojibwe descent.
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Answer: C
The goal has two parts: the sculpture was missing for a long time, and it later reached its current home. Choice C covers both, since it says the work was lost for decades and is now held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Choice D names the museum but leaves out that the sculpture was ever lost, and choices A and B mention neither point.
Choice D names the sculpture's current home but never mentions that it was lost.
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