SAT Question 86b78078: Answer & Explanation

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

• Samuel Selvon was a Trinidadian author.
• The Lonely Londoners is one of his most celebrated novels.
• Selvon published the novel in 1956.
• It is about a group of men who emigrate from the Caribbean to Great Britain after World War II.
• Some of The Lonely Londoners’ characters also appear in Selvon’s later novel Moses Ascending.

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Difficulty:Medium

The student wants to introduce Samuel Selvon and his novel The Lonely Londoners to a new audience. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

In 1956, Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon published one of his most celebrated novels, The Lonely Londoners, which is about a group of men who emigrate from the Caribbean to Great Britain after World War II.

Samuel Selvon wrote the novel Moses Ascending after he wrote The Lonely Londoners.

The Lonely Londoners, a celebrated novel that was published in 1956, depicts post–World War II Caribbean migration from the perspective of a Trinidadian author.

Some of the characters who appear in Samuel Selvon’s Moses Ascending also appear in The Lonely Londoners.

SAT Question 86b78078: Rhetorical Synthesis answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong