Mashaal Masha
To create the poems in her 2017 collection One Last Word, poet Nikki Grimes used a writing method called the golden shovel. This method often involves choosing a line from an existing poem and then using each word from that line as the last word of each line in a new poem. Grimes wanted the poems in One Last Word to honor important Black poets of the past, so she chose lines by poets such as Langston Hughes and Georgia Douglas Johnson. Writing in this way can be challenging and might seem as though it would produce awkward poems. However, reviewers praised One Last Word as a beautiful and powerful tribute to the poets who inspired it. This reaction suggests that ________

Which choice most logically completes the text?
Difficulty: Easy
A: 

most reviewers didn't understand Grimes's goal for One Last Word.

B: 

Grimes successfully used the golden shovel method to achieve her goal for One Last Word.

C: 

Langston Hughes and Georgia Douglas Johnson are two of Grimes's favorite poets.

D: 

Grimes inspired many other writers to create poems using the golden shovel method.

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