The Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by a Brainstormed List

question 19

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Modern fireworks have their origins in tenth-century Chinese pyrotechnics.
Fireworks are too loud.

• A) Keep
• B) Drop

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Definitions:

Drawing

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