Question

Read the paragraph from Sora’s narrative essay. That day after practice, I was frustrated and stomped home. In fact, I’m embarrassed to say I sulked for the rest of the day. Then my stubborn streak kicked in, and I decided that failure wasn’t an option. I practiced regularly until the day came when I was able to consistently hit the ball. Which sentence from the paragraph best supports the conclusion that this paragraph belongs in the middle of Sora’s essay? That day after practice, I was frustrated and stomped home. In fact, I’m embarrassed to say I sulked for the rest of the day. Then my stubborn streak kicked in, and I decided that failure wasn’t an option. I practiced regularly until the day came when I was able to consistently hit the ball.

Answer 1

I believe it's the sentence Then my stubborn streak kicked in, and I decided that failure wasn’t an option.

The "Then" part shows that there was some introduction to it, that something preceded this sentence - a story about trying to do something and failing. Also, we learn that the speaker was going to do something about it, to try harder and succeed eventually, and we are expecting to read about that later in the essay.