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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The Royal Alcázar of Seville is a historic royal palace in Andalucía, Spain.
- The palace is famous for its intrie tilework.
- The palace features majolica and arista tiles.
- In the majolica style, designs are painted directly on the ceramic tiles.
- In the arista style, designs are stamped into the ceramic tiles.
The student wants to contrast the two styles of tiles. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Tiles in the majolica and arista styles can be found in the Royal Alcázar of Seville in Andalucía, Spain.
Featuring tiles in the majolica and arista styles, the Royal Alcázar of Seville in Spain is famous for its intrie tilework.
In the arista style, designs are stamped into the ceramic tiles, whereas in the majolica style, the designs are painted directly on them.
Among the famous tilework of the Royal Alcázar of Seville are majolica style tiles, made by painting designs directly on the ceramic tiles.
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: The Royal Alcázar of Seville
Medium-difficulty · SAT Reading & Writing · Rhetorical Synthesis — Selecting a claim supported by multiple findings. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice C is the best answer. The sentence contrasts the two styles of tiles, noting that tiles in the arista style have designs stamped into them, whereas tiles in the majolica style have designs painted directly on them.
Choice A is incorrect because the sentence indies that the two styles of tile can be found in the same loion; it doesn’t contrast the two styles of tile. Choice B is incorrect because the sentence indies that the Royal Alcázar of Seville features tiles in both the majolica and arista styles; it doesn’t contrast the two styles of tile. Choice D is incorrect because the sentence indies that the tilework of the Royal Alcázar of Seville includes tiles in the majolica style; it doesn’t contrast tiles in the majolica style with tiles in the arista style.
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