{"id":"cb_question_bank:7575dd0f-c4cb-42a2-9af9-3fb5eaff7633","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"7575dd0f-c4cb-42a2-9af9-3fb5eaff7633","external_id":"5d8bd209-24bb-401d-89ce-1316ae245b5d","ibn":null,"question_id":"88308a39","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two books by Shaun Tan. 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: Shaun Tan is an Australian author. In 2008, he published Tales from Outer Suburbia , a book of fifteen short stories. The stories describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary suburban neighborhoods. In 2018, he published Tales from the Inner City , a book of twenty-five short stories. The stories describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary urban settings.","stimulus_html":"

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

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The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two books by Shaun Tan. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

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Choice D is the best answer. The sentence uses “both” to emphasize a thematic similarity between Tan’s two books, noting that both Tales from Outer Suburbia and Tales from the Inner City describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary places.

Choice A is incorrect. The sentence emphasizes a difference (one contains fewer stories than the other), not a similarity, between the two books. Choice B is incorrect. The sentence indicates that Tan’s books were published ten years apart; it doesn’t emphasize a similarity between the two books. Choice C is incorrect. The sentence uses “unlike” to emphasize a difference between Tales from Outer Suburbia and Tales from the Inner City; it doesn’t emphasize a similarity between the two books.

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Shaun Tan’s book Tales from Outer Suburbia, which describes surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary places, contains fewer short stories than Tales from the Inner City does.

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Tales from Outer Suburbia was published in 2008, and Tales from the Inner City was published in 2018.

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Unlike Tales from the Inner City, Shaun Tan’s book Tales from Outer Suburbia is set in suburban neighborhoods.

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Shaun Tan’s books Tales from Outer Suburbia and Tales from the Inner City both describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary places.

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