SAT OwlQuestion bank / Rhetorical Synthesis
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• The Human Genome Project was an international research effort.
• It began in 1990 and was declared complete in 2003.
• Its goal was to determine the sequence of the roughly 3 billion base pairs that make up human DNA.
• It cost about $2.7 billion.
• Today, a human genome can be sequenced for a few hundred dollars.
The student wants to emphasize the aim of the Human Genome Project. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
The Human Genome Project, an international research effort, ran from 1990 to 2003.
The Human Genome Project cost about $2.7 billion, but today a genome can be sequenced for a few hundred dollars.
The Human Genome Project set out to determine the sequence of the roughly 3 billion base pairs in human DNA.
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003.
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Answer: C
An aim is what a project set out to do. Choice C gives it: sequencing the roughly 3 billion base pairs of human DNA. Choices A and D give dates, and choice B compares costs.
Choice B has the most striking facts, but it compares costs instead of stating what the project was trying to do.
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