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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:

• A copyright prevents a book’s contents from being reproduced (published) without permission from the copyright holder.
• When a book’s copyright expires, the book enters the public domain and can be legally reproduced by anyone.
• Cane is a novel by Jean Toomer. It entered the public domain in 2019.
• Billy Budd, Sailor is a novella by Herman Melville. It entered the public domain in 2020.

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Cane and Billy Budd, Sailor. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

The year was 2020, and the copyright to Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor had finally expired.

B

Cane, a novel by Jean Toomer, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a novella by Herman Melville, recently entered the public domain.

C

Cane is a novel, whereas Billy Budd, Sailor is a novella.

D

Cane, a novel by Jean Toomer, entered the public domain in 2019, unlike Herman Melville’s novella Billy Budd, Sailor, which would do so later.