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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:
- Minnesota defines a lake as an inland body of water of at least 10 acres.
- Wisconsin’s definition of a lake doesn’t take size into account.
- By its own definition, Wisconsin has over 15,000 lakes, many smaller than 10 acres.
- By Minnesota’s definition, Wisconsin has only about 6,000 lakes.
The student wants to contrast Minnesota’s definition of a lake with Wisconsin’s. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A.
Wisconsin, which doesn’t take size into account in defining a lake, claims that it has over 15,000 lakes.
B.
Because its definition of a lake is different from Minnesota’s, it is unclear how many lakes Wisconsin really has.
C.
According to Minnesota’s definition of a lake—an inland body of water of at least 10 acres—Wisconsin has about 6,000 lakes.
D.
Minnesota’s definition of a lake—an inland body of water of at least 10 acres—is more restrictive than Wisconsin’s, which doesn’t take size into account.