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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 capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.
• The largest city in Ethiopia by population is Addis Ababa.
• The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan.
• The largest city in Kazakhstan by population is Almaty.

The student wants to make a generalization about capital cities. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

A country’s capital city is not always the country’s most populous city.

B

Nur-Sultan, not Almaty, is the capital of Kazakhstan.

C

Almaty and Nur-Sultan are both cities in Kazakhstan.

D

The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan, while the capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.