While researching prehistoric predators, a student took the following notes:
* *Giganotosaurus* was a theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period.
* *Giganotosaurus* is estimated to have reached lengths of to meters.
* *Tyrannosaurus rex* was a theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period.
* *Tyrannosaurus rex* is estimated to have reached lengths of to meters.
The student wants to emphasize a similarity in the size of the two dinosaurs. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?
- AWhile *Giganotosaurus* lived in South America, *Tyrannosaurus rex* lived in North America.
- B*Giganotosaurus* and *Tyrannosaurus rex* were both theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous period.
- Both *Giganotosaurus* and *Tyrannosaurus rex* are estimated to have reached lengths of to meters.Cevap
- DAlthough *Giganotosaurus* reached lengths of to meters, *Tyrannosaurus rex* was much smaller.
Cevap
Both *Giganotosaurus* and *Tyrannosaurus rex* are estimated to have reached lengths of to meters.
The correct choice successfully fulfills the rhetorical goal by stating that both *Giganotosaurus* and *Tyrannosaurus rex* are estimated to have reached lengths of to meters, which directly highlights a similarity in their size.
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Rhetorical Synthesis: Comparison and Contrast