Question

draft a eternal youth? – no, thanks i wouldnt want to be a teenager again, first of all, because i wouldnt want to worry about talking to girls. i still remember how scary it was to call up a girl and ask her out. my heart would race, my pulse would pound, and perspiration would trickle down my face, adding to my acne by the second. i never knew whether my voice would come out deep and masculine, like a television anchormans, or squeaky, like a little boys. then there were the questions: would she be at home? if she was, would she want to talk to me? and if she did, what would i say? the one time i did get up the nerve to take a girl in my homeroom to a movie, i was so tongue - tied that i stared silently at the box of popcorn in my lap until the feature finally started. needless to say, i wasnt very interesting company. draft b terrors of my teenage years i wouldnt want to be a teenager again, first of all, because i wouldnt want to worry about talking to girls. calling up a girl to ask her out was something that i completely dreaded. i didnt know what words to express or how to express them. i would have all the symptoms of nervousness when i got on the phone. i worried a great deal about how i would sound, and i had a lot of doubts about the girls reaction. once, i managed to call up a girl to go out, but the evening turned out to be a disaster. i was too unsure of myself to act in a confident way. i couldnt think of anything to say and just kept quiet. now that i look back on it, i really made a fool of myself. agonizing over my attempts at relationships with the opposite sex made adolescence a very uncomfortable time. source: langan, john. college writing skills with readings. 9th ed., mcgraw educ., 2014. which piece of support from drafts a and b provides the most specific detail? o now that i look back on it, i really made a fool of myself. o my heart would race, my pulse would pound, and perspiration would trickle down my face. o needless to say, i wasnt very interesting company. o i would have all the symptoms of nervousness when i got on the phone.

Explanation:

The sentence "My heart would race, my pulse would pound, and perspiration would trickle down my face" provides vivid and detailed physical - reaction descriptions of nervousness, more specific than the other options. The first option is a general self - assessment, the third is a general statement about being uninteresting, and the fourth is a more general statement about nervousness symptoms on the phone.

Answer:

My heart would race, my pulse would pound, and perspiration would trickle down my face.