Asked by Kriston Louis on Jul 02, 2024

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Gilberto learned how to play the trumpet, but it took a long time.
When he played, the mouthpiece hurt his lips.

A) Keep
B) Drop

Trumpet

A brass wind instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone, played by blowing into a small mouthpiece.

Mouthpiece

A part of an instrument or device that is designed to be placed in or near the mouth.

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