The writer wants to support the line of reasoning in the fifth paragraph (sentences 13-16) with a comment that reflects the complexity of the historical narrative in the passage's earlier paragraphs. Which version of the underlined text in sentence 14 (reproduced below)
most effectively accomplishes this goal?
However, the Sawyer homestead burned to the ground in 2007
A
(as it is now
B
Sawyer first made the claim at a fund-raiser, where she sold strands of wool from her pet lamb
С
60 years after her lamb's visit inspired Roulstone to write a poem, it is likely Sawyer conflated Roulstone's poem with
Hale's
D
Roulstone was visiting Sawyer's school that day and returned later to give her the poem
E
Sawyer sincerely believed she was the Mary of "Mary Had a Little Lamb until her death in 1889

Why is reasoning relivant to reading and evaluate text?

How does bill safire depict mankind in his proposed speech? 1.adventurous and greedy 2.adventurous and determined 3.daring and invasive 4.timid and wary of loss

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.