Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

Multiple Choice

Read each of the following essay introductions. Select the method the writer used in each introduction. The essay below begins with a
"Music is the speech of angels," wrote Thomas Carlyle over a hundred years ago. Today, growing numbers of scientists might agree. Soothing music has been shown to lower the blood pressure of heart patients, reduce pain after surgery, and help premature babies gain weight. In fact, research studies show that music has the power to heal and to work medical miracles.

A) general idea that is narrowed to a specific thesis statement.
B) contradiction.
C) direct quotation.