Read this student summary of act 1 of The Miracle Worker. In act 1, twenty-year-old Annie Sullivan is preparing to leave her sch
ool and become a teacher herself. She is bidding farewell to Anagnos, her mentor, and to many young girls who have been her students and friends. The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring. Then Anagnos and the girls present her with gifts, and she is appreciative and sentimental. She voices some concerns about leaving Perkins. Which sentence should be removed to improve this summary? In act 1, twenty-year-old Annie Sullivan is preparing to leave her school and become a teacher herself. She is bidding farewell to Anagnos, her mentor, and to many young girls who have been her students and friends. The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring. Then Anagnos and the girls present her with gifts, and she is appreciative and sentimental.
The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring.
Explanation:
This is not someting that they should include in a summary. Instead it should be replaced by what Annie and Anagnos are talking about for an effective summary.
“It's that heap of rotting coffee beans on Ball's Wharf, I tell you,” Mr. Carris said to the other men. “It's the source of a deadly miasma, a foul stench, indeed. There ...
I believe the correct answer is: B) Neighborhood Leaders Request an Inquiry About Pollution.
Option B seems to be the most neutral of the given choices and doesn't change the overall meaning of the title. Option A doesn't sound neutral and options C and D change the meaning of the headline.
