SAT Question 35507eba: Answer & Explanation

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

• Pointillism is a painting technique in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.
• Betty Acquah is an artist from Ghana who uses pointillism in her work.
• “By extending dabs of color in the subject matter into the background and vice-versa, an illusion of movement is created,” she says about pointillism.
• Her work often portrays Ghanaian women, whom she sees as the “unsung heroines of the Ghanaian Republic.”
• Her pointillist painting “Exquisite” (2016) features five dancing women twirling their skirts.

Difficulty:Medium

The student wants to provide a quotation from Acquah that explains why she used pointillism in “Exquisite.” Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

In painting “Exquisite,” Acquah applied pointillism to create what she called an “illusion of movement” within the painting’s five dancing women and their twirling skirts.

Pointillism, the technique used in Acquah’s “Exquisite,” involves the application of small, distinct dots of color.

In “Exquisite,” Acquah uses a technique that she says involves “extending dabs of color in the subject matter into the background and vice-versa.”

“Exquisite” portrays Acquah’s fellow Ghanaian women as she sees them: the “unsung heroes of the Ghanaian Republic.”

SAT Question 35507eba: Rhetorical Synthesis answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong