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3.4 Rhetorical Synthesis - Selecting a claim supported by multiple findings
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

  • By interlocking their bodies, ants can form bridges to help fellow ants cross gaps.
  • In 2020, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin was inspired by ant behavior to design collaborative quadruped robots. 
  • Over the course of a year, she designed, built, tested, and refined her robots.
  • Each robot is programmed to send a signal to another robot upon encountering a gap in a path.
  • The signaled robot connects to the back of the signaler robot via magnetic sensors and pushes it across the gap.

The student wants to begin a narrative about the creation of the robots. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A.

When one of Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin’s robots encounters a gap in its path, it sends a signal to another robot; the signaled robot connects to the back of the signaler and pushes it across the gap.

B.

After a year, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin had designed, built, tested, and refined her robots.

C.

Inspired by ants, which form bridges with their interlocked bodies to help fellow ants cross gaps, Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin set out to design quadruped robots capable of similarly collaborative behavior.

D.

Ants, which have inspired the design of robots, form bridges by interlocking their bodies.