Answer:
I believe choice D to be your answer!
Explanation:
This is simply the correct usage of grammar, none of the other choices sound right if you were to read them outloud to yourself.
Good luck! :)
From what i think it would be the total number of participants was tallied up by the volunteers.
The sentence showed the part of the story where Marilyn is making letters for her family. She wants her brother to remember only the positive side of her. This is a paraphrase of the sentence. "She paused from time to time to think carefully on what words to say for her family, then she continued to write her letters."
The style is called "Call and Response" : )
