A personal essay is:

A. equally concerned with persuading the reader of one point or another and with describing the author's thinking.

B. not concerned with persuading the reader of one point or another
nor with describing the author's thinking.

C. more concerned with the author's thinking than in persuading the
reader of one point or another.
D. more concerned with persuading the reader of one point or
another than with describing the author's thinking.

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?