{"id":"cb_question_bank:195ff682-b0a1-46b1-a140-aa70b342b321","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"195ff682-b0a1-46b1-a140-aa70b342b321","external_id":"b8c0c1ce-add8-408a-9141-872682135f03","ibn":null,"question_id":"6c9df5d1","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"H","score_band":6,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two books. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?","stimulus":"While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: Some powerful works of literature have so influenced readers that new legislation has been passed as a result. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) is the autobiography of a man who endured slavery on both sides of the Atlantic. Equiano’s book contributed to the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The Jungle (1906) is a fictional work by Upton Sinclair that describes unsanitary conditions in US meatpacking plants. Sinclair’s book contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some powerful works of literature have so influenced readers that new legislation has been passed as a result.</li>\n<li><em>The Interesting Narrative</em> <em>of the Life of Olaudah Equiano</em> (1789) is the autobiography of a man who endured slavery on both sides of the Atlantic.</li>\n<li>Equiano’s book contributed to the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.</li>\n<li><em>The Jungle</em> (1906) is a fictional work by Upton Sinclair that describes unsanitary conditions in US meatpacking plants.</li>\n<li>Sinclair’s book contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two books. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice A is the best answer. This choice emphasizes a difference between the two books by using relevant information from the notes to contrast their genres.&nbsp;</p><p>Choice B is incorrect. This choice mentions a difference between the books (their different topics), but it emphasizes a similarity between the books (their influence on readers). Choice C is incorrect. This choice provides information about the books that reflects both a similarity (both resulted in new laws) and a difference (the specific laws that resulted), without emphasizing either. Choice D is incorrect. This choice doesn’t emphasize a difference between the two books. Instead, it <em>emphasizes a similarity</em>. </p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Although both are powerful works of literature that contributed to new legislation, Equiano’s book is an autobiography, while Sinclair’s is fictional.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>They may have written about different topics, but Equiano and Sinclair both influenced readers.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>The 1807 Slave Trade Act resulted in part from a book by Equiano, while the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act resulted in part from a book by Sinclair.&nbsp;</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p><em>The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano</em> and <em>The Jungle</em> are two works of literature that contributed to new legislation (concerning the slave trade and food safety, respectively).&nbsp;</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}