Question

The writer is considering deleting sentence 7. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?


Kept, because it supports the statement made at the beginning of the paragraph about the song.

Option A,Kept, because it supports the statement made at the beginning of the paragraph about the song.

A

Kept, because it provides necessary context for the description of the speaker’s memory in the next sentence.

Option B,Kept, because it provides necessary context for the description of the speaker’s memory in the next sentence.

B

Deleted, because it interrupts the description of the mother and grandmother singing.

Option C,Deleted, because it interrupts the description of the mother and grandmother singing.

C

Deleted, because it shifts the focus away from the speaker’s relationship with his mother and grandmother.

Answer 1

B — Kept, because it provides necessary context for the description of the speaker’s memory in the next sentence.

This choice is stronger than A (mere support) and avoids the problems in C/D (it does not merely interrupt or wrongly shift focus); deleting it would make the next sentence’s memory feel abrupt or unexplained.