Evan is writing a personal narrative. He wants to add a sentence that will help develop his narrative. Choose the sentence that best achieves Evan's goal.
Spring cleaning is a household ritual that I usually dread. But this year yielded an unexpected reward.
Mom, as she always did, assigned each of us an area. I was told to work on the attic closet. I wasn't happy to be spending a gorgeous
spring day stuck in a musty windowless room, but Mom wasn't interested in hearing me complain.
"The sooner you get it done, the sooner you'll be free to enjoy the day," she said. "Besides, you never know what treasure you'll find
hidden up there."
I doubted our attic held anything I'd be interested in. Still, I got going so that I could hopefully have the afternoon free.
The attic closet hadn't been cleaned in years. Inside were several old suitcases, a trunk, and a stack of old shoeboxes. The suitcases
were empty and the trunk had nothing but old clothes. When I opened the first shoebox, though, I found what Mom had hinted I might.
"How's it going Evan?" my mother called from downstairs.
"Where did all this old stuff come from?" I muttered to myself.
It was crammed with stacks of old postcards tied with faded ribbons.
was then able to finish quickly and enjoy my free afternoon with friends.