Question

Please help !!! Read the passage. A panel of local judges awarded Mandeep Dulani first prize in the Montgomery County Youth Poetry Championships. Dulani, who lives in Silver Spring, read his original poem “Be the Change” in the competition’s final round to beat runner-up Jackie Yuh of Germantown.

Which sentence most likely comes next in the passage?

A. The event began with one hundred students from the county, a swarm buzzing with poetry.

B. Many high school students from the county were there to compete.

C. A total of one hundred high school students from the county competed in the event.

D. It's hard to believe that one hundred county high school students competed in the event.

Answer 1

C. A total of one hundred high school students from the county competed in the event.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is most likely the next sentence in the passage. This sentence conveys information that we do not yet have. It is also relevant information about the text. The sentence also has the correct tone, as it is formal, informative and simple. This matches the rest of the passage. Finally, the sentence has the same matter-of-fact tone that the rest of the passage displays, which is characteristic of a journal or some other source of news.

Answer 2

C. A total of one hundred high school students from the county competed in the event.

This seems like a journalism news, in this case this sentece provides specific information without sounding casual, nor too poetic, which relates to the first paragraph.