Question

After reading Barrio Boy, students were asked to write a paragraph about what they learned from the story. In his rough draft, Seth wrote the concluding sentence shown below. Barrio Boy is a good story because it tells what it was like for someone to leave Mexico and come to the United States. Which answer option shows the best way to revise the concluding sentence for clarity and detail?

a) Barrio Boy is the story about a person who leaves his friends behind in Mexico and immigrates to the United States with his family.
b) If readers want to know how it feels to leave home, Barrio Boy is a good story about people who move from Mexico to the United States.
c) The story, Barrio Boy, is for people who live in different countries and want to understand each other better.
d) Barrio Boy describes the author's small Mexican village and relays the adventures of his journey to a new life in the United States.

Answer 1

The best way to revise the concluding sentence for clarity and detail is option d) Barrio Boy describes the author's small Mexican village and relays the adventures of his journey to a new life in the United States.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best way to revise the concluding sentence for clarity and detail is option d) Barrio Boy describes the author's small Mexican village and relays the adventures of his journey to a new life in the United States.

This option provides specific details about the story, such as the author's small Mexican village and the adventures of his journey. It also clearly states that the story is about someone leaving Mexico and coming to the United States, which directly addresses the question prompt.