Question

The author of this passage is considering changing the first sentence of the fifth paragraph from its current sentence to the following one:

"Some people believe that bats are always infected with rabies."

Would this sentence work effectively as a transition from paragraph 4 to paragraph 5?
A No, because the sentence is almost certainly untrue or at least misleading.
B Yes, because the sentence emphasizes the unusualness of having a bat for a narrator in teen fiction today.
C Yes, because the sentence effectively transitions from a discussion of uses of humor to having a bat narrator.
D No, because the sentence has very little to do with the interesting artistic choice of using a bat for a narrator.

Answer 1

D — No. The sentence doesn't meaningfully link the prior discussion (about humor) to the artistic choice of a bat narrator; it introduces an irrelevant (and misleading) factual claim rather than providing a clear transitional bridge.