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Difficulty: EasyRhetorical Synthesis: Summarization and Generalization

A student takes the following notes while researching the history of the language Esperanto:

* Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof.
* Zamenhof designed the language to be easy to learn and politically neutral.
* His primary goal was to foster international understanding and peace.
* Currently, Esperanto is estimated to have up to two million speakers worldwide.

The student wants to summarize the origin and purpose of Esperanto. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. Esperanto, a constructed language created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof, was designed to promote international peace and understanding by being easy to learn and politically neutral.Answer
  2. B
    Although Esperanto now has up to two million speakers worldwide, it was originally created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof.
  3. C
    L. L. Zamenhof created Esperanto because he believed that natural languages were too difficult to learn and could not be used to foster international peace.
  4. D
    Constructed international auxiliary languages are designed to be easy to learn and politically neutral in order to foster peace.

Answer

Esperanto, a constructed language created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof, was designed to promote international peace and understanding by being easy to learn and politically neutral.
The correct answer successfully summarizes both aspects of the prompt: the origin of Esperanto (created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof) and its purpose (to foster international peace and understanding by being easy to learn and politically neutral).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the rhetorical goal.
The student wants to summarize the origin and purpose of Esperanto.
Understanding the specific goal helps filter out options that focus on irrelevant details or omit necessary information.
2
Extract the key points from the notes related to the origin and purpose.
Origin: Created in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof. Purpose: To foster international understanding and peace by being easy to learn and politically neutral.
This establishes the criteria that the correct answer choice must meet.
3
Evaluate the choices against the extracted criteria.
The choice summarizing the creation in 1887 by Zamenhof and its design to promote peace and neutrality matches both criteria perfectly, while the other choices either omit the purpose, misinterpret the notes, or generalize too broadly.
To select the option that accurately represents the notes and satisfies the goal.

Key Concept

Rhetorical Synthesis: Summarization and Generalization
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