Question

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 selvons later novel moses ascending.

24 mark for review
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?
a 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.
b samuel selvon wrote the novel moses ascending after he wrote the lonely londoners.
c 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.
d some of the characters who appear in samuel selvons moses ascending also appear in the lonely londoners.

Explanation:

To introduce Samuel Selvon and The Lonely Londoners, we need to include relevant info about the author, the novel's publication, its celebration, and its plot. Option A includes Selvon's nationality, the publication year (1956), that it's a celebrated novel, and the plot about Caribbean men emigrating to Britain post - WWII. Option B focuses on the order of writing Moses Ascending and The Lonely Londoners, which is not about introducing the author and The Lonely Londoners. Option C is less direct in introducing the author and the novel together. Option D focuses on character overlap between two novels, not on introducing Selvon and The Lonely Londoners. So Option A is the best.

Answer:

A. 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.