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Difficulty: MediumMeeting Specific Rhetorical Goals

Passage Excerpt:
In response to the growing national highway system, graphic designers developed FHWA Series fonts. These sans-serif typefaces were specifically engineered to improve legibility for drivers traveling at high speeds. [1]

The writer wants to add a sentence at Point [1] that provides a specific, concrete illustration of how the design of the characters achieved maximum readability. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

  1. The characters featured wide counters—the open spaces inside letters like *o* and *b*—which prevented the letters from appearing as solid blobs from a distance.Answer
  2. B
    Many state transportation departments quickly adopted the fonts, making them the standard across thousands of miles of interstate highways.
  3. C
    Drivers previously complained that older signs were difficult to see at night or during heavy rainstorms.
  4. D
    The fonts were designed by a federal committee, this group established uniform standards for highway signage across the country.

Answer

The choice that describes characters featuring wide counters to prevent letters from appearing as solid blobs.
The correct option describes the characters' wide counters and explains how this design element keeps letters distinct at a distance, directly fulfilling the rhetorical goal of illustrating how the design achieved legibility.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the specific rhetorical goal requested in the prompt.
The prompt requires a sentence that provides a specific, concrete illustration of how the design of the characters achieved readability.
Understanding the precise prompt criteria allows for accurate evaluation of the choices.
2
Evaluate the choices to see which one details design elements of the characters (such as shape, spacing, or strokes) that directly aid legibility.
The choice detailing the wide counters inside letters is the only one that focuses on character design elements.
This matches the rhetorical goal of showing how design achieved legibility.
3
Check the selected choice for grammatical correctness.
The correct choice is grammatically sound, whereas other choices either fail the rhetorical goal or contain grammatical errors like comma splices.
The correct option must be both grammatically correct and rhetorically appropriate.

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Meeting Specific Rhetorical Goals
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