pancakes. [7] Enjoy with maple syrup—but not too much of it
because sugar is bad for your health.*
*You don’t need this kind of negativity in your life.
—SamanthaWhat is the best placement for sentence 2?
A) NO CHANGE
B) After sentence 3
C) After sentence 5
D) Before sentence 1As it is, the beginning of the paragraph is obviously choppy and needs
reorganization. Sentence 2 provides general introductory information that the
other sentences elaborate on. As a rule of thumb, sentences that summarize or
generalize other sentences in the paragraph should either be positioned first or
last (more often first). In this case, it doesn’t make sense to place sentence 2 at
the end of the paragraph because the topic by then has been shifted from the
health benefits of the fish to the pancake recipe. Therefore, the most logical
placement of sentence 2 is at the beginning of the paragraph, before sentence 1.
(The correct answer is D.)
Reasonably so. Pancake recipes are always more important.
—Samantha
Other questions test your ability to identify good introductions, conclusions,
and transitions.
Google is trying to gain a foothold in a variety of industries. With its latest
venture, “G-Clown,” Google hopes to revolutionize children’s birthday
party entertainment. With the G-Clown app, parents can summon a troupe
of acrobatic clowns that will appear at the party via drone within the hour.
The convenience of this app is unrivaled. Next, Google’s PartiMatch
technology assures that, before they arrive, the clowns will be instructed to
dress and behave in a way that will not frighten the party guests.Which of the following words would best replace “Next”?
A) NO CHANGE