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3.4 Rhetorical Synthesis - Integrating text and data to reach a conclusion
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- In 1897, twenty Black US Army infantrymen rode bicycles from Montana to Missouri.
- The 1,900-mile journey took forty-one days.
- The goal was to test the idea of forming a military bicycle corps.
- In 2022, Erick Cedeño, a Black long-distance cyclist, reenacted the journey.
- Cedeño wanted to honor the infantrymen on the journey’s 125th anniversary.
The student wants to emphasize how far the infantrymen traveled. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A.
The US infantrymen rode their bicycles from Montana to Missouri—traveling a total of 1,900 miles.
B.
The 125th anniversary of the infantrymen’s journey was in 2022.
C.
The goal of the 1897 journey was to test the idea of forming a military bicycle corps.
D.
Over a century later, Erick Cedeño honored the infantrymen by reenacting their 1897 journey.