Question

According to the Statement, Extension, and Elaboration method for elaboration, which sentence is a statement?

Answer 1

The answer to the question given is letter C.
According to the Statement, Extension, and Elaboration method for elaboration, " Ellen is a skillful and accomplished cello player." is a statement.

Here are the choices to this question:
A. Ellen plays the cello with the city youth orchestra and teaches younger students the basics of the instrument.
B. Ellen has studied the cello since she was six years old.
C. Ellen is a skillful and accomplished cello player.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is: Ellen is a skillful and accomplished cello player.

A sentence is considered as a statement if it consist of definite expression within a writing, without any extension or elaboration to follow it of. A statement is usually used to obtain a counter question. After the counter question is received, then the statement could be extended or elaborated to form an opinion.