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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:

• Microserfs (1995) is an epistolary novel by Canadian author Douglas Coupland.
• Epistolary novels are novels written primarily as a series of fictional documents.
• These documents can be letters, journal entries, newspaper clippings, and more.
• Microserfs consists primarily of journal entries.
• The journal entries are written by a man employed by a technology company.

The student wants to define the term “epistolary novel.” Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

An epistolary novel is a novel written primarily as a series of fictional documents, such as letters, journal entries, or newspaper clippings.

B

Douglas Coupland’s novel Microserfs was published in 1995 and consists primarily of journal entries written by a man employed by a technology company.

C

Consisting primarily of journal entries written by a man employed by a technology company, Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs is an epistolary novel.

D

An epistolary novel is a type of novel that, like Microserfs, uses journal entries to tell a story.