Read the following paragraph Leah was hosting a surprise birthday party for her sister Maria, who lived in another state. Maria liked to move to a different state every five years. Leah carefully arranged for her mother to pick
Mana up from the airport and bring her over to Leah's house for what Maria thought would be a quiet dinner. Little did Maria know, though that Leah had bought lots of different party foods and invited 20
of the relatives over to her house to surprise Maria Leah's home decor is a country theme, with plenty of barns and birdhouses as decorations. On the day of the party, Maria arrived to a house full of
loving faces and was surprised and gracetat at the generosity of her sister
The above narrative contains details that are not important to, and therefore distract the reader from the main action of the story. Write a brief explanation that identifies which particular words or phrases are
not necessary. Explain why these particular words or phrases are not necessary