SAT Reading and Writing · Rhetorical Synthesis Practice Question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: <ul> <li>The Vikings reached North America around 1000 CE.</li> <li>Leif Erikson led a Norse expedition to Vinland (likely Newfoundland).</li> <li>The L'Anse aux Meadows site provides archaeological evidence.</li> <li>The site predates Columbus's 1492 voyage by nearly 500 years.</li> <li>The Norse settlement was small and short-lived.</li> </ul> The student wants to emphasize the significance of the Norse arrival relative to Columbus. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?

A
$L'Anse aux Meadows is in Newfoundland.$
B
$Leif Erikson led a Norse expedition to Vinland.$
C
$The Norse settlement was small and short-lived.$
D
$Archaeological evidence at L'Anse aux Meadows shows that the Norse reached North America around 1000 CE, nearly 500 years before Columbus's 1492 voyage.$
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Explanation

The goal is significance relative to Columbus. Choice C names the evidence, the date, and the half-millennium gap. The others omit the comparison.

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