SAT OwlQuestion bank / Rhetorical Synthesis
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• The Lumen Bridge is a footbridge in the city of Halvorsen.
• It crosses the Tessel River.
• It opened in 2019.
• Its railings contain lights powered by solar panels.
• The lights change color with the temperature of the river water.
The student wants to emphasize what is unusual about the bridge's lighting. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
The Lumen Bridge, a footbridge that opened in 2019, crosses the Tessel River in the city of Halvorsen.
The Lumen Bridge's solar-powered railing lights change color with the temperature of the river water.
The Lumen Bridge is a footbridge that opened in 2019.
Halvorsen's Lumen Bridge, a footbridge, crosses the Tessel River.
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Answer: B
The goal is about the lighting. Only choice B mentions the lights, and it gives the unusual details: they run on solar power and change color with the water temperature.
Choice A includes several facts from the notes, but none of them is about the lighting.
Why the other choices are wrong
- A. This gives the bridge's opening year and location but says nothing about its lights.
- C. This names the type of bridge and its opening date and leaves out the lights.
- D. This tells where the bridge is but never mentions the lighting.
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