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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:

• Melissa Cody is a Diné (Navajo) textile artist known for blending traditional Diné designs (stripes, zigzags, and diamond patterns) with nontraditional elements.
• Cody’s work incorporates arrangements of shapes or text inspired by video game graphics and pop culture references.
• Cody: “I’m a child of ’80s video game culture...I grew up with this world of pixelization.”
• Cody: “The things we consider tradition now weren’t considered tradition when they first came about.”
• Her tapestry Dust features blocky letters revealed through negative space over a contrasting diamond pattern.
• Her tapestry Walking Off No Water Mesa features rectangular panes revealing a stylized landscape patterned by contrasting colored diamonds.

The student wants to connect a quotation to a particular nontraditional design element in Cody’s work. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

The blocky letters revealed through negative space in Dust reflect Cody’s childhood familiarity with blocky video game graphics—what she calls “this world of pixelization.”

B

Cody’s tapestry Dust features a contrasting diamond pattern, a traditional design element that “we consider tradition now.”

C

Cody’s background as “a child of ’80s video game culture” factored into her decision to blend traditional and nontraditional design elements in Walking Off No Water Mesa.

D

According to Cody, some elements of Walking Off No Water Mesa, such as contrasting colored diamonds, “weren’t considered tradition when they first came about.”