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ID: SAT-RW-EI-017
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Expression of Ideas
Topic: Rhetorical Synthesis
Difficulty level: Medium

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

Art conservator Amara Deng studied the blue pigments in two medieval manuscripts.
The Rowan Codex used a blue made from ground azurite, a copper-based mineral.
Azurite blue tends to fade toward green over several centuries.
The Vesper Codex used a blue made from ground lapis lazuli, a stone carried from distant quarries.
Lapis lazuli blue stays vivid and stable for many centuries.

The student wants to emphasize a difference in how durable the two blues are. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

AUnlike the azurite blue of the Rowan Codex, which fades toward green over centuries, the lapis lazuli blue of the Vesper Codex stays vivid and stable for many centuries.

BBoth the Rowan and Vesper codices were illustrated with blue pigments ground from minerals.

CThe two codices used blue pigments that aged quite differently over time.

DThe lapis lazuli in the Vesper Codex was carried from distant quarries, unlike the copper-based azurite used in the Rowan Codex. That contrast is about where each pigment came from, not about how well either one holds its color over the centuries.

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