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ID: SAT-RW-EI-022
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Expression of Ideas
Topic: Rhetorical Synthesis
Difficulty level: Easy

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

Food historian Marisol Reyes studies nixtamalization, a traditional way of preparing corn.
In the process, dried corn kernels are simmered and then soaked in water mixed with an alkaline mineral such as powdered limestone.
The treatment loosens the tough outer skin of each kernel so that it can be rinsed away.
It also softens the kernels enough to be ground into a smooth dough.
The dough is shaped into foods such as flat breads and dumplings.
Nixtamalization has been practiced in parts of the Americas for thousands of years.

The student wants to introduce nixtamalization to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

ANixtamalization is a traditional method, practiced in parts of the Americas for thousands of years, in which dried corn is simmered and soaked in an alkaline solution so that the kernels can be skinned and ground into a smooth dough.

BNixtamalization is an important traditional process that has been used by people for a very long time.

CDried corn kernels are simmered in water, and nixtamalization has been practiced for thousands of years.

DFor readers already familiar with alkaline cooking, nixtamalization is a well-documented example of the technique. Such readers can file it neatly beside the other alkaline methods they already know, without needing any of the background a newcomer would first have to be handed.

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