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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • Lighthouses send out crucial light signals to help ships and other watercraft navigate at night.
  • Before automation, lighthouses were run by lighthouse keepers.
  • Maria Younghans was the lighthouse keeper at Biloxi Light in Mississippi.
  • She held this position for fifty-one years (1867–1918).
  • Catherine A. Moore was the lighthouse keeper at Black Rock Harbor Light in Connecticut.
  • She held this position for sixty-one years (1817–1878).
The student wants to compare the length of time Maria Younghans and Catherine A. Moore worked as lighthouse keepers. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
Before automation, lighthouse keepers like Maria Younghans, who served for fifty-one years, and Catherine A. Moore were crucial to ensuring safe navigation for watercraft.
B
Maria Younghans worked as a lighthouse keeper for fifty-one years, but Catherine A. Moore did so for even longer: sixty-one years.
C
Maria Younghans and Catherine A. Moore were both lighthouse keepers at a time when such a person was needed to operate a lighthouse.
D
From 1867 to 1918, the nighttime waters of Mississippi were more navigable thanks to lighthouse keepers Maria Younghans and Catherine A. Moore.