A student is writing an argumentative essay about football hoping it will be published in a sports magazine. The student wants to revise the draft to maintain a formal style throughout the essay.
Read the following excerpt from the student's draft and complete the task that follows.
Choose the sentence in the paragraph that should be deleted because it does not maintain the
formal style of the rest of the paragraph.
(1) One of America's favorite pastimes, football, is also one of the most
dangerous. (2) Hard tackles with intense speed have led to numerous brain injuries
(3) Several solutions have been proposed and tried, but the concussion incidents
continue because players feel protected by their helmets -- even though their helmets
do not protect them enough. (4) A new solution to try is to remove the face mask from
the helmet, because it a player's face is unprotected, he or she will be less likely to use
his or her head to block. (5) It's about time someone comes up with an idea that will
knock some sense into these guys.
O A. Sentence 1
O B. Sentence 2
O C. Sentence 3
O D. Sentence 4
O E. Sentence 5