SAT Question 88308a39: Answer & Explanation

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

• Shaun Tan is an Australian author.
• In 2008, he published Tales from Outer Suburbia, a book of fifteen short stories.
• The stories describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary suburban neighborhoods.
• In 2018, he published Tales from the Inner City, a book of twenty-five short stories.
• The stories describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary urban settings.

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Difficulty:Medium

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two books by Shaun Tan. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Shaun Tan’s book Tales from Outer Suburbia, which describes surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary places, contains fewer short stories than Tales from the Inner City does.

Tales from Outer Suburbia was published in 2008, and Tales from the Inner City was published in 2018.

Unlike Tales from the Inner City, Shaun Tan’s book Tales from Outer Suburbia is set in suburban neighborhoods.

Shaun Tan’s books Tales from Outer Suburbia and Tales from the Inner City both describe surreal events occurring in otherwise ordinary places.

SAT Question 88308a39: Rhetorical Synthesis answer and explanation

Explanation

Why the other choices are wrong