Answer:
I believe the sentence that would most likely be found in a body paragraph is:
B. According to Ogden's longtime animal control officer, Jack Strop, there have been "no less than a dozen zoo escapes from Ogden Park in the last year, the most in the country by far."
Explanation:
To understand this question, we need first to clarify what a body paragraph is. When writing an essay, we will have an introduction, a couple of body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
In the introduction, the author begins to delineate what the essay will be about. He also states what his opinion is. Notice that options C and D do precisely that. Option D uses a little story to introduce the topic, option C states the author's opinion.
In the conclusion, we restate the opinion expressed in the introduction. That is what option A does.
Therefore, option B is the one left for a body paragraph. This type of paragraph is used to develop the author's opinion. In it, the author will provide evidence that supports his ideas. That is what option B does. The information given by the animal control officer is evidence that supports the author's opinion that the zoo must be closed.
