Question

Based on the graphic organizer, which paragraph is the best summary? A. When the narrator thinks of the hometown from her youth, all she remembers is dust. She is not sure why she only remembers the dust, but she remembers the brown, crumbly dust of late summer—arid, sterile dust that gets into the eyes and makes them water, gets into the throat and between the toes of bare brown feet. She thinks there must have been green somewhere in town, but she cannot remember it. She says memories are not based on reality but on feeling. B. When the narrator thinks of the hometown from her youth, all she remembers is dust. She is not sure why she only remembers the dust, but she does and in great detail. Surely there must have been lush green lawns, and paved streets under leafy shade trees somewhere in town, but she cannot remember it. She says memories are not based on reality but on feeling. C. When the narrator thinks of the hometown from her youth, all she remembers is dust. She is not sure why she only remembers the dust, but she does and in great detail. She thinks there must have been green somewhere in town, but she cannot remember it. She says memories are not based on reality but on feeling, which makes no sense whatsoever. D. When the narrator thinks of the hometown from her youth, all she remembers is dust. She is not sure why she only remembers the dust, but she does, and in great detail. She thinks there must have been green somewhere in town, but she cannot remember it. She says memories are not based on reality but on feeling.

Answer 1

I think the answer is D