The following is a paragraph from a previous draft of Colin’s informational essay. Colin has included an irrelevant sentence in
the paragraph. Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph? (1) Roy is motivated by a desire for knowledge. (2) He’s also clever at dealing with problems. (3) These qualities help Roy—who’s the new kid at school—deal with Dana the bully. (4) Roy’s family has recently moved from Montana to Florida. (5) Dana is attacking Roy on the way to school when Roy sees a boy running past the school bus. (6) Even though Dana is hurting him, Roy is curious about the boy: “Who was he? What was he running from?” (7) Roy doesn’t care about the pain. (8) He just wants Dana to stop bothering him. (9) When Roy tells Dana “I’ve had enough,” Dana lets him go. (10) Now Roy is free to wonder about the strange boy.
Answer choices for the above question
The razor represents the power the barber has over the Captain. The barber realizes that with just a little more pressure on the razor he could murder the Captain. Yet he also realizes that this razor has the power to transform his destiny and mark him as a murderer for the rest of his life.
