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Expression of Ideas / Rhetorical Synthesis Difficulty: Medium

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

Grimanesa Amoros is a Peruvian American artist well known for her LED light sculptures.
Her sculpture Uros Island is made of smooth multicolored LED domes.
It occupies 335 cubic feet of space.
Her sculpture Fortuna is made of entangled blue and white LED tubes.
It occupies 19,950 cubic feet of space.

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Uros Island and Fortuna. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

The smooth LED domes of Grimanesa Amoros’s Uros Island stand in contrast to the tangled LED tubes of Fortuna.

At 19,950 cubic feet in size, Grimanesa Amoros’s Fortuna cuts a larger figure than the 335-cubic-foot Uros Island.

Grimanesa Amoros is the artist behind Uros Island—a sculpture made of smooth multicolored LED domes.

Uros Island is an LED light sculpture made by Grimanesa Amoros, as is Fortuna.

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Explanation

Choice D is the best answer. The sentence emphasizes a similarity between the sculptures, noting that both Uros Island and Fortuna are LED light sculptures created by Grimanesa Amoros.

Choice A is incorrect. Noting that Uros Island’s smooth LED domes contrast with Fortuna’s tangled LED tubes, the sentence emphasizes a difference between the two sculptures rather than a similarity. Choice B is incorrect. Contrasting the respective sizes of Uros Island and Fortuna, the sentence emphasizes a difference between the two sculptures rather than a similarity. Choice C is incorrect. While the sentence describes Uros Island, it doesn’t mention Fortuna or emphasize any similarity between the two sculptures.