The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Select the Correct Answer:
Kept, because it provides supporting evidence about the benefits of walking.
Kept, because it provides an additional example of a community stakeholder with whom transportation planners work.
Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
Deleted, because it doesn’t provide specific examples of what the numerous benefits of walking are.
Correct Choice:
Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
Choice C is the best answer because it identifies the best reason the underlined sentence should not be kept. At this point in the passage and paragraph, a general statement about the benefits of walking only serves to interrupt the discussion of the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
Choice A is not the best answer because the underlined sentence should not be kept. Although the sentence could theoretically provide supporting evidence about the benefits of walking, the passage has not made a claim that needs to be supported in this way, and including such a statement only serves to interrupt the discussion of the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
Choice B is not the best answer because the underlined sentence should not be kept. Although the American Heart Association could theoretically be an example of “other interested organizations” that transportation planners work with, the sentence does not suggest this is the case. Instead, the association is merely the source for the general statement about the benefits of walking, a statement that only serves to interrupt the discussion of the actual community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
Choice D is not the best answer because although the underlined sentence should be deleted, it is not because the sentence lacks specific examples of the numerous benefits of walking. Adding such examples would only serve to blur the focus of the paragraph further with general factual information, as the paragraph’s main purpose is to discuss the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.