SAT OwlQuestion bank / Rhetorical Synthesis
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Ilse Varga and Tomas Brenner were painters in the city of Kordal in the 1920s.
• Varga painted mostly landscapes.
• Brenner painted mostly portraits.
• Both artists worked only in watercolor.
• Varga exhibited her work in Paris in 1928, but Brenner never exhibited outside Kordal.
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two artists. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Varga painted mostly landscapes, while Brenner painted mostly portraits.
Varga exhibited her work in Paris in 1928, but Brenner never exhibited outside Kordal.
Kordal painters Ilse Varga and Tomas Brenner both worked only in watercolor.
Ilse Varga, a painter from Kordal, exhibited her work in Paris in 1928.
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C
A similarity has to be something both artists share. Choice C says both worked only in watercolor.
Choice A mentions both artists, but it points out a difference in what they painted.
Why the other choices are wrong
- A. This points out a difference in subject matter, not a similarity.
- B. This contrasts where the two artists exhibited.
- D. This mentions only Varga, so it can't show what the two artists share.
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