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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:
  • The Archipelago-Madrean Mountains are located in northwestern Mexico.
  • They cover an area of 1,038 square miles (mi²)
  • The Big Hatchet Mountains are located in the southwestern United States.
  • They cover an area of 65 mi².
  • These mountain ranges are two of the dozens of “sky inlands” in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
  • A sky inland is an isolated mountain range whose environment differs dramatically from that of the surrounding lowlands.
The student wants to emphasize the similarity between the two mountain ranges. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
There are dozens of different mountain ranges located in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
B
The Archipelago-Madrean Mountains and the Big Hatchet Mountains are both sky inlands, isolated mountain ranges whose environments differ dramatically from those of the surrounding lowlands.
C
The Archipelago-Madrean Mountains cover an area of 1,038 mi², while the Big Hatchet Mountains cover an area of 65 mi².
D
Even though they are both sky inlands, the Archipelago-Madrean Mountains and the Big Hatchet Mountains are located in different countries.