Simon is supposed to find a fictional text to compare with the nonfiction book about Italian artist that he read which text would best match the purpose

Option C

Explanation:

Simon is supposed to find a fictional text to compare with the nonfiction book about Italian artist that he read which text would best match the purpose

A. a biography about the rise of Michelangelo as a poet and a painter

B. a memoir written by an artist who worked with Leonardo da Vinci

C. a story about a man who travels through time to the Renaissance

D. an article describing the famous inventors and architects from Italy.

Simon is tasked with finding a fictional text to compare with the nonfiction book about Italian artist that he read. It can be deducted here that there is a non fiction book already.

Firstly, it should be note that non fiction book are literature that are base on fact about real event which are not made up stories. Examples are biographies, memoirs, journalism, historical writing, newspaper articles, reviews.

While fiction are literature that describes imaginary, something invented about events and people; which does not adhering precisely to the real world

Biography are written history of a person's life, a forms of literary expression which seeks to re-create in detailed description the life of a human being or something. Biography is an example of non fiction.

A memoir is a form of creative nonfiction in which an author recounts experiences from his or her life

Therefore, from the provided option, there is no need for biography articles or memoirs which are the other option options that are given.

So, fictional story about a man who travels through time to the Renaissance is the right answer.