What could the author add to support his argument in the last sentence of paragraph 2? a) take out the claim that reality shows are extremely popular. b) take out his description of all he did to get on the reality show c) add an example of an unhappy event occurring on a show, just as it would in real life d) add a sentence describing his father’s reaction to his future reality show experience.

Add an example of an unhappy event occurring on a show, just as it would in real life.

Option C.

Explanation:

In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the author could have added an example that showed an unhappy event which occurs on the show as a support of his argument.

The reason for this is that he needed to show his mother that every thing that happens does not have a happy ending all the time. Things in real life are much more difficult and do not have happy endings all the time. This will give a specific and concrete examples of what happens in the reality shows and they do not show very pleasant things.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.