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Problem

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

The student wants to contrast the purposes of the two maps in The Hobbit. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

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Clue

Look for a sentence that uses a contrast word like “while” or “but” and explains what each map does.

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Sumup

Please summarize Problem, Hint, Clue

Choices

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Choice-A

Choice A is correct because it contrasts the maps’ purposes (one introduces, the other reconstructs the story) and uses “while” to show the difference.

Correct The Hobbit’s opening map introduces readers to the fictional world they are about to enter, while the closing map allows them to reconstruct the story they have just read.

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Choice-B

Choice B is wrong because it only says the book has two maps, not their purposes or differences.

Wrong The Hobbit, a novel published by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937, features a reproduction of a map that the characters use on their quest, as well as a map that appears at the end of the novel.

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Choice-C

Choice C is wrong because it states that they "each serve a purpose," but doesn’t explain what those purposes are.

Wrong The Hobbit’s two maps, one opening and one closing the novel, each serve a purpose for readers.

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Choice-D

Choice D is wrong as it gives historical and descriptive information but not their contrasting functions.

Wrong In 1937, author J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit, a novel featuring both an opening and a closing map.

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Answer

Option

A

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Sumup

Please summarize choices