Question

Excerpt from A Night to Remember

Florence Wilmington


3 The singer wore an iridescent peasant blouse adorned with several beaded necklaces. The lights illuminated her features from below, creating an aura of mysticism and darkening her expression in shadow. Then, Marian sang—her range was like nothing I have heard before. When she hit the “A” note, the hairs on my arm stood on end. She held it, and I knew that all doubts about her skill must have melted away with that note. I reached for my husband’s hand; it was all I could do to fight back the tears.



 What strategy does Wilmington use in paragraph 3 to connect her audience more closely with her subject matter?

A)cause-and-effect organizationB)the author's personal reactionC)an appropriate attention grabberD)biographical information on Anderson

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Answer 1

Answer: b

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is option B) "the author's personal reaction".

In this excerpt, the author is narrating her personal experience when she heard the singer sing and how she reacted to that special moment. The author uses descriptive vocabulary to create an atmosphere that allows the reader to imagine how she felt that night.

The rest of the options are incorrect since there is no evidence in the text of a cause and effect organization or biographical information.