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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:
  • Since 1931, the New York Times (NYT) Best Sellers list has been a measure of the most successful books in the US.
  • Kwame Alexander and Toni Morrison are Black authors who have reached the NYT Best Sellers list.
  • The Crossover is a children’s book by Kwame Alexander.
  • It reached the NYT Best Sellers list on August 27, 2017.
  • Jazz is a novel by Toni Morrison.
  • It reached the NYT Best Sellers list on May 3, 1992.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize the different years in which the books reached the NYT Best Sellers list?
A
The Crossover and Jazz are both books by Black authors that have reached the NYT Best Sellers list.
B
Kwame Alexander and Toni Morrison are both NYT best-selling authors.
C
Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover and Toni Morrison’s Jazz are both NYT best sellers, but the former is a children’s book, whereas the latter is a novel.
D
The novel Jazz became an NYT best seller in 1992; The Crossover, a children’s book, joined this list as well, but in 2017.