|Question 24Verbal

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Morning Haiku (2010) is a book of poetry by African American poet Sonia Sanchez.
- Each poem in the book is a sequence of haiku.
- According to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House, the book "celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures."
- The poem "15 haiku (for Toni Morrison)" is written as a sequence of fifteen haiku.
- The poem "7 haiku (for Ray Brown)" is written as a sequence of seven haiku.
The student wants to contrast the number of haiku in each poem. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
The poem "15 haiku (for Toni Morrison)" consists of fifteen haiku, whereas the poem "7 haiku (for Ray Brown)" consists of seven.
A
Both "15 haiku (for Toni Morrison)" and "7 haiku (for Ray Brown)" can be found in Sanchez's 2010 collection Morning Haiku.
B
While "15 haiku (for Toni Morrison)" is about writer Toni Morrison, "7 haiku (for Ray Brown)" is about bassist Ray Brown.
C
The poems in Morning Haiku celebrate the lives or mourn the deaths of "revered African American figures," according to the book's publisher, Penguin Random House.
D