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Difficulty: EasyRhetorical Synthesis: Emphasizing Specific Details

While preparing a presentation about dwarf planets, a student took the following notes:

* Eris is a dwarf planet located in the outer Solar System.
* It was discovered in January 2005 using images taken at the Palomar Observatory in California.
* The discovery was made by an astronomy research team led by Mike Brown.
* Eris is roughly the same size as Pluto but has 27%27\% more mass.

The student wants to emphasize the name of the scientist who led the discovery team. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A
    Eris, a dwarf planet in the outer Solar System, was discovered in January 2005 using images from the Palomar Observatory.
  2. The dwarf planet Eris was discovered in January 2005 by an astronomy team led by Mike Brown.Answer
  3. C
    Although Eris has 27%27\% less mass than Pluto, it was discovered by Mike Brown's team in 2005.
  4. D
    Astronomer Mike Brown led a team to study Eris because it is located in the outer Solar System.

Answer

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered in January 2005 by an astronomy team led by Mike Brown.
The correct option directly addresses the student's goal by stating that the dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team led by Mike Brown, which highlights the scientist's name and role as requested.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the student's primary writing goal from the prompt.
The goal is to emphasize the name of the scientist who led the discovery team (Mike Brown).
Understanding the goal is necessary to filter out options that focus on other aspects of the notes.
2
Evaluate each option to see if it mentions the scientist's name and presents it as the team leader.
The option stating that Eris was discovered by an astronomy team led by Mike Brown successfully includes this detail and meets the goal. Other choices either omit the name, misread the notes, or introduce speculative reasons.
This step ensures that the selected option is both factually accurate based on the notes and rhetorically aligned with the goal.

Key Concept

Selecting the sentence that best achieves a specific rhetorical goal by emphasizing relevant details from the provided notes.
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