Question 14 • FL-1001420-AP English Language and Composition Sem 1 - Flex
The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced below), adjusting the punctuation as necessary. Between the mental stimulation from exciting storylines, the TV-emitted blue light that suppresses melatonin (a hormone the body uses to regulate the sleep cycle), and the delayed bedtimes as people stay up later to keep watching, binge-watching leads to poorer sleep.
Answer
A
Keep it, because it completes the writer’s comparison between types of sleep deprivation and how their differing severities affect binge-watchers in various ways
B
Keep it, because it engages the audience by clarifying how a lack of melatonin has affected the writer’s personal experience with sleep deprivation from binge-watching
C
Keep it, because it develops the writer’s ideas by defining melatonin, which helps the audience understand the writer’s argument that binge-watching negatively affects sleep
D
Delete it, because it distracts from the narrative that binge-watching has specific, measurable effects on the quality of people’s sleep