SAT Question 164a32e7: Answer & Explanation

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

• Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a Jamaican American writer.
• Songs of Jamaica (1912) and Constab Ballads (1912) are two acclaimed poetry collections that McKay published while living in Jamaica.
• McKay moved to Harlem in New York City in 1914.
• He is best known as a poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary and cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
• His most famous works include the poetry collection Harlem Shadows (1922) and the novel Home to Harlem (1928).

Difficulty:Medium

The student wants to emphasize Claude McKay’s accomplishments before moving to Harlem. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Jamaican American writer Claude McKay is the author of works such as Songs of Jamaica (1912), Constab Ballads (1912), Harlem Shadows (1922), and Home to Harlem (1928).

Although he is best known as a Harlem Renaissance writer, Claude McKay had published two acclaimed poetry collections in 1912 while living in Jamaica: Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads.

In 1914, Claude McKay moved to Harlem, where he would become known as a poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance (a literary and cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s).

Before moving to Harlem, Claude McKay—author of the poetry collection Harlem Shadows (1922) and the novel Home to Harlem (1928)—lived in Jamaica.

SAT Question 164a32e7: Rhetorical Synthesis answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong