Sentence. TSQ follow in chronological sequence, and U wraps it up with a mention of how paradoxical this anecdote seems.
SRQUT. S logically follows the Topic Sentence because it explains why we assume that newspaper quotes must be direct
quotations. R introduces the contrasting point in the paragraph—that journalists often find it impossible to directly translate
real speech. Q explains why, and U draws a conclusion from R and Q—that approximations of a speaker’s actual words are
OK, as long as they’re true to the spirit of the speaker’s ideas. T follows up with an example of when the journalist has gone
too far.
9.
TRSQU. T follows from the Topic Sentence because “that continent” in T relates to “North America” in the Topic Sentence.
R logically follows T because “however” sets up a contrast between the way the thistle plant is viewed in North America
and in Scotland. SQU relate in a chronological sequence a historical myth or legend that explains why the thistle is so
important to the Scots.
10.
UQTSR. Sentence U follows the Topic Sentence by describing the first of the “two ways in which continental margins
grow.” Then Q follows, providing a description of the “continental margins known as passive or rifted” in U. Sentence T
comes next, introducing the second of the methods, and S follows by describing “this second method.” Finally, with the
Keyword “Thus,” R concludes by brining together “both passive and active margins.”
11.
RTSUQ. Sentence R follows the Topic Sentence because “these treatments” refers directly back to “the wide variety of so-
called cold remedies.” Sentence T, with “Thus, the duration of the illness is not lessened,” follows directly from R’s
statement that the remedies “do not actually cure” the cold. S comes next because it introduces a turning point in the focus of
the paragraph from conventional remedies to “chemically treated tissues.” The Keyword that indicates this is “though.” U
produces a description of S’s “interesting results.” Finally, Q provides a conclusion; “these particles” refers directly back to
“the particles that would otherwise spread the cold.”
12.
QUTRS. Sentence Q follows the Topic Sentence by introducing “the first of” the groups mentioned as “three categories of
elements.” U follows with “the second,” and sentence T follows with “The final category.” Finally, R comes before S
because “this breadth of interest” refers directly back to “his attention to details lying outside traditionally conservative
boundaries of historical inquiry.”
13.
UTQRS. Sentences U, T, and Q all follow the Topic Sentence by presenting types of “desert plant populations,” and they can
be ordered by their Keywords: “some,” then “others,” then “a third.” Sentence R provides an example of how the third group
can “protect its access to water from nearby plants,” by relating that “the creosote bush inhibits the growth of competing root
systems in its surrounding soil by producing a potent root toxin.” Finally, you can tell that S follows all other sentences
because it refers back to them with “these methods.”
14.
SUQRT. Sentence S follows the Topic Sentence by beginning the description of the “unforeseen environmental effects”
caused by the dam. U, with “these floods,” refers directly back to “the annual floods” mentioned in S, and sentence Q refers
back to U’s claim that the floods deposit sediment on the riverbank by referring to “these deposits.” Sentence R, with “these
sandbars,” refers back to the “sandbars” in Q. Finally, T provides the paragraph’s conclusion, which is indicated by the
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