The following introduction is from a previous draft of Aiko’s essay. Aiko would like to replace the underlined sentence with a sentence that better grabs readers’ attention and introduces her main idea. Which of these would be the BEST replacement for the underlined sentence? Lots of different people take risks. Even if a risk leads to failure, there is always a lesson to learn. There are lessons for the people who have taken the risks, but there are also lessons for people who learn about them. Readers can learn a lot from the risks taken by Frederick Douglass, the Challenger crew, and Phineas Gage.
Answer choices for the above question

A. Have you ever taken a risk that didn’t work out?

B. I don’t like taking risks.

C. Sometimes people should not take risks.

D. Phineas Gage took a risk.