Hello. You forgot to present the options given. The response options are:
A Both selections provide definitions of key terms to add meaning to the texts.
B Both selections include anecdotes as examples to support their main ideas.
C Both selections use quotations from experts to support the main ideas in the texts.
D Both selections use cause-and-effect to highlight the relationships between key ideas
Answer:
B Both selections include anecdotes as examples to support their main ideas.
Explanation:
An anecdote is a short story that can have a surprising or inspiring ending, but it is used as an example for a larger concept, which is usually associated with a text. In "A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers" and "I Believe in the Also-Rans" we can see the use of anecdotes to represent the concepts that each author wants to show with his text. In "A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers" we can see an anecdote about a boy who dreamed of being a great baseball player and went to a school that focuses on training professional players, however, the school does not guarantee that all students will achieve their goals, but they teach them to persist and to be the best players they can. "I Believe in the Also-Rans" tells an anecdote about how a child was happy to finish a race in third place, showing that the important thing is to complete your goals, even though you are not the most successful person in the room.
