In sentence 19 (reproduced below), the writer is considering deleting the underlined phrase. Resettled in the remote parts of the park, where salt licks are plentiful and hikers are scarce, the goats will likely regain their natural wariness of people.

Should the writer keep or delete the underlined phrase?

A. Keep it, because it adds descriptive language that helps readers visualize the area in the North Cascades where the goats were relocated.

B. Keep it, because it draws on evidence from the third paragraph to make a more persuasive case for why the North Cascades are a good place to resettle the goats.

C. Keep it, because it creates an emotionally resonant image of an environment in which the goats would be happy.

D. Delete it, because it undermines the passage’s argument by emphasizing the fact that the goats will no longer be seen by park visitors.

E. Delete it, because it introduces details that are irrelevant to the passage’s argument about the need to remove mountain goats from Olympic National Park.