Read the paragraph. Volunteering is a good way to gain skills and work experience. In a recent study, seventy-three percent of employers said they’d hire someone who’d volunteered. Among employees who had volunteered, ninety-four percent said that they’d seen benefits at work. Students looking to improve their resumes should consider volunteering.

Which is the best way to revise the final sentence?

A. The transition “in fact” should be added to the beginning of the sentence to show the similarity among ideas in the paragraph.

B. The transition “as a result” should be added to the beginning of the sentence to sum up the argument in the paragraph.

C. A quotation should replace the sentence to further support the argument in the paragraph.

D. A fact should be added to the sentence to further support the argument in the paragraph.

A. THE TRANSITION IN FACT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE TO SHOW THE SIMILARITY AMONG IDEAS IN THE PARAGRAPH

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

i think that it is letter d.