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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:
  • Letters from a Peruvian Woman (1747) is an epistolary novel by French author Françoise de Graffigny.
  • Epistolary novels are novels written primarily as a series of fictional documents.
  • These documents can be letters, journal entries, newspaper clippings, and more.
  • Letters from a Peruvian Woman consists primarily of letters.
  • The letters are sent between a captured Incan princess and her fiancé.
The student wants to define the term “epistolary novel.” Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
Published in 1747, Letters from a Peruvian Woman is an epistolary novel by French author Françoise de Graffigny.
B
Françoise de Graffigny’s novel Letters from a Peruvian Woman was published in 1747 and consists primarily of letters sent between a captured Incan princess and her fiancé.
C
Consisting primarily of letters sent between a captured Incan princess and her fiancé, Françoise de Graffigny’s Letters from a Peruvian Woman is an epistolary novel.
D
An epistolary novel is a novel written primarily as a series of fictional documents, such as letters, journal entries, or newspaper clippings.