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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:
  • Lighthouses send out crucial light signals to help ships and other watercraft navigate at night.
  • Before automation, lighthouses were run by lighthouse keepers.
  • Kate Walker was the lighthouse keeper at Robbins Reef Light in New York.
  • She held this position from 1894 to 1919.
  • Georgiana C. Brumfield was the lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light in Maryland.
  • She held this position from 1895 to 1919.
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Kate Walker and Georgiana C. Brumfield. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
Lighthouse keepers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were crucial to ensuring safe navigation for watercraft.
B
From 1894 to 1919, the nighttime waters of New York were more navigable thanks to Kate Walker.
C
Kate Walker and Georgiana C. Brumfield were both lighthouse keepers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
D
Kate Walker and Georgiana C. Brumfield spent their careers as lighthouse keepers in different lighthouses.