The writer is considering adding the following sentence immediately after sentence 6. His argument was based on the assumption t
hat the Brontosaurus’s five sacrum bones would have fused together into the Apatosaurus’s three sacrum bones with age. Should the writer make this addition? A. Yes, because the sentence provides compelling evidence to support the claim that Othniel Charles Marsh found two different dinosaurs. B. Yes, because the sentence provides commentary that helps develop the paragraph’s explanation on how the Brontosaurus came to be misclassified. C. Yes, because the sentence provides useful scientific research on how bones commonly fuse together over time. D. No, because the sentence contradicts the more recent findings by Tschopp’s team, discussed in the next paragraph. E. No, because the sentence fails to explain why the Apatosaurus got to keep its name while the Brontosaurus did not.
Its B Yes, because the sentence provides commentary that helps develop the paragraph’s explanation on how the Brontosaurus came to be misclassified. 100% correct
Explanation:
The sentence develops the reasoning of the paragraph by providing commentary that helps develop the explanation of how the Brontosaurus came to be misclassified through Riggs’s assumption and subsequent argument. Without the sentence, the paragraph does not comment on how and why Riggs made the argument. Thus, adding the sentence to this paragraph allows the writer to explain how the argument Riggs made contributed to the Brontosaurus’s misclassification.
