Expression of IdeasEasySynthesis: stating a simple fact
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.
- It can grow to about 30 metres long.
- It eats tiny animals called krill.
- It lives in every ocean.
The student wants to tell readers how big the blue whale is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. The blue whale, the largest animal that has ever lived, can grow to about 30 metres long.Correct
- B. The blue whale eats krill.
- C. The blue whale lives in every ocean.
- D. Krill are tiny animals.
Answer: A. The blue whale, the largest animal that has ever lived, can grow to about 30 metres long.
Largest ever, 30 metres: its size.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The blue whale eats krill.
- Diet, not size.
- C. The blue whale lives in every ocean.
- Where it lives, not size.
- D. Krill are tiny animals.
- About krill, not the whale.
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