Rhetorical Synthesis

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

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

<ul> <li>Dolly the sheep was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell.</li> <li>She was born in 1996 at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.</li> <li>The achievement demonstrated that adult cells could be reprogrammed.</li> <li>It opened new avenues in stem cell research.</li> <li>The technique was technically called somatic cell nuclear transfer.</li> </ul> The student wants to emphasize the scientific significance of Dolly's birth. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Which choice most effectively makes the student's point?

  • A

    The technique was called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

  • B

    She was born at the Roslin Institute.

  • C

    Dolly was born in 1996 in Scotland.

  • D

    Dolly's 1996 birth as the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell demonstrated that adult cells could be reprogrammed and opened new stem cell research.

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Explanation

The goal is scientific significance. Choice C names the first-of-its-kind status and its implications. The others give location or terminology.

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