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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Epistolary novels are novels written primarily as a series of fictional documents, typically letters.
• Sometimes, the documents are journal entries, newspaper clippings, and more.
• Julie, or The New Heloise (1761) is an epistolary novel by French author Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
• It consists primarily of letters sent between a man and a woman living in a small French town.
• Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990) is an epistolary novel by American author Sharon Creech.
• It consists primarily of journal entries written by a student during her summer vacation.

The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two novels. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

The French author Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the American author Sharon Creech have written epistolary novels.

B

While Julie, or The New Heloise and Absolutely Normal Chaos are both epistolary novels, the former is composed primarily of letters and the latter of journal entries.

C

Some epistolary novels consist primarily of journal entries, but most, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Julie, or The New Heloise, consist primarily of letters.

D

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Julie, or The New Heloise and Sharon Creech’s Absolutely Normal Chaos demonstrate the variety of documents that can be used in epistolary novels.