Question 52·Easy·Rhetorical Synthesis
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmentalist.
- In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement.
- The Green Belt Movement has helped women in Kenya plant more than 50 million trees.
- Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
The student wants to describe an organization’s impact on tree planting in Kenya. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
For rhetorical synthesis questions, underline the goal and then scan the notes for the 1–2 facts that directly accomplish it. Choose the option that uses those facts accurately and specifically, while avoiding choices that are vague, leave out key information, or emphasize unrelated details.
Hints
Focus on what must be included
Look for a choice that mentions both an organization and what it accomplished related to tree planting in Kenya.
Use the most specific detail
One note gives a concrete number of trees planted. Prefer the choice that uses that detail.
Avoid details that don’t address tree planting impact
A Nobel Prize detail may be interesting, but ask whether it helps describe the organization’s tree-planting impact.
Step-by-step Explanation
Identify the goal
The sentence must describe an organization’s impact on tree planting in Kenya.
Select the most relevant notes
The notes that match this goal are:
- The Green Belt Movement (the organization)
- It has helped women in Kenya plant more than 50 million trees (the impact)
Choose the option that includes both the organization and its impact
Only one choice clearly includes the organization’s name and the specific tree-planting impact in Kenya. That choice is:
Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, which has helped women in Kenya plant more than 50 million trees.