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Difficulty: MediumRhetorical Synthesis: Emphasizing Specific Details

A student is preparing a presentation on the archaeological excavation of Thonis-Heracleion. The student has taken the following notes:
* Thonis-Heracleion was an ancient Egyptian port city that sank into the Mediterranean Sea in the 8th8\text{th} century CE.
* In 20002000, underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio discovered the city's ruins in Abu Qir Bay.
* Among the recovered artifacts was a statue of Hapy, the Egyptian god of the Nile flood.
* The statue is carved from black granite.
* The statue stands 17.717.7 feet tall.

The student wants to emphasize the material and size of the Hapy statue. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. Among the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, archaeologists recovered a 17.717.7-foot-tall statue of the god Hapy carved from black granite.Answer
  2. B
    In 20002000, Franck Goddio discovered the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, which contained a statue of Hapy, the god of the Nile flood.
  3. C
    A black granite statue representing Hapy, the god of the Nile flood, was found submerged in Abu Qir Bay.
  4. D
    Archaeologists recovered a 3030-foot-tall marble statue of the god Hapy from the submerged ruins of Thonis-Heracleion.

Answer

Among the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, archaeologists recovered a 17.717.7-foot-tall statue of the god Hapy carved from black granite.
The correct choice is the only option that successfully fulfills the student's goal of emphasizing both the material (black granite) and the size (17.717.7 feet tall) of the statue of the god Hapy.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the student's rhetorical goal from the prompt.
The goal is to emphasize the material (black granite) and the size (17.717.7 feet tall) of the Hapy statue.
The prompt explicitly requests a sentence that accomplishes this specific emphasis.
2
Evaluate each choice to see if it contains the required details.
The correct choice mentions '17.717.7-foot-tall' and 'black granite'. The other choices either omit one of these details or present inaccurate information.
Only a choice containing both details can satisfy the rhetorical goal.

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Rhetorical Synthesis: Emphasizing Specific Details
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