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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 Rainbow Road features words in a blocky digital font surrounded by a pattern of colored diamonds.
  • Her tapestry Lightning Storm features a blank column of undyed wool next to a blue zigzag stripe.
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 words in a blocky digital font in Rainbow Road reflect Cody’s childhood familiarity with blocky video game graphics-what she calls “this world of pixelization.”
B
Cody’s background as “a child of ’80s video game culture” factored into her decision to blend traditional and nontraditional design elements in Lightning Storm.
C
Cody’s tapestry Rainbow Road features a pattern of colored diamonds, a traditional design element that “we consider tradition now.”
D
According to Cody, some elements of Lightning Storm, such as a blue zigzag stripe, “weren’t considered tradition when they first came about.”