Paragraph 17:
Mama stopped stirring the chicken soup and turned toward Sonya with a strange smile. Putting down the ladle, she went to the closet and took the old candlesticks down from the top shelf. As she handed them to Sonya, Mama’s eyes filled with tears. “They were my mother and father’s wedding present; they belonged to my grandmother and grandfather before that.” She handed them to Sonya and hugged her. Sonya felt a tear on her mother’s cheek.



In Paragraph 17, how does the author appeal to her readers’ emotions?

by telling more of the history behind the old candlesticks

by telling about the differences between the two candlesticks

by telling how Sonya and her mother finally make up after their quarrel

by telling about the good-bye between Sonya and her family when Sonya leaves for college