A Texas Great (Revise)

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 4?

• Other Hispanic singers helped call attention to Tejano music.

• But before Selena, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to Tejano music in Texas and around the world.

• Other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world, but before the singer Selena made her career.

• But before the singer Selena made her career in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

One of the words Rosalie uses in sentence 10 is inappropriate. What is the BEST change for her to make in this sentence?

• Change late to later

• Change moved to journeyed

• Change playing to recording

• Change specializing to studying

Rosalie would like to add a sentence to support the idea she has presented in sentence 15. Which of these could BEST follow and support sentence 15?

• There are many different kinds of Tejano music, including boleros.

• This does not mean that Chelo Silva was a real queen; she was a singer.

• A bolero is a type of song with very romantic and sentimental lyrics.

• Bolero songs are the most popular form of Tejano music throughout Texas and Mexico, but cumbia songs are also popular.

What transition can BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 20?

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• In addition
• Meanwhile
• However
• For example

Rosalie wants to end her paper with an interesting closing thought. Which of these sentences could BEST replace sentence 21 and most effectively close her paper?

• Although she was born in Texas, Chelo Silva was famous throughout the American Southwest and Mexico.

• But no matter her title, Chelo Silva will always be one of the great heroes of Tejano culture to me.

• Selena will always be the Queen of Tejano, but Chelo Silva is much more deserving of that title.

• Chelo Silva has a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas.