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(1) The recent years have provided an increase in what many are calling “disruptive technologies:” applications and websites that allow the average person to circumvent the traditional means of doing business with taxis, hotels, and other services. These businesses are appealing because they cost much less, on average, than traditional services and can provide equal experiences. (2) The people who use them and the people who profit from them are passionate about these companies. (3) They have created millions of entrepreneurs who get what they put into their enterprise, while making traditional businesses rethink customer service and stuff like that. The question isn’t whether these disruptive technologies will last, but what other companies and industries are waiting to be disrupted. (4) Some of the most prominent examples of disruptive companies include Soooper, the driving service, Stay'nLay, the house-sharing service, and DogVacationland, a dog-sitting service.

Where should sentence 4 be moved in order to best organize the paragraph?

After sentence 2

After sentence 3

Before sentence 1

After sentence 1

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Where should sentence 4 be moved in order to best organize the paragraph?

Your answer:

After sentence 2

Your answer:

After sentence 3

Your answer:

Before sentence 1

Correct answer:

After sentence 1

Explanation:

The best place to add the specific examples of disruptive technologies is after sentence 1. The topic sentence introduces the idea of disruptive technology and this sentence would support the main idea with specific details with which readers may be familiar, providing background information that would allow readers to better understand the rest of the content in the paragraph. Sentence 4 would not be an effective topic sentence because is more of a detail than the main idea of the paragraph, nor is it an effective conclusion sentence because it does not tie the paragraph together. The other options place this sentence after ideas that do not logically flow to providing examples of the companies discussed.

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Harrison had math test last Wednesday. He studied really well and thought that he did really good. When he walked into school today, Harrison’s teacher looked at him strangely. Harrison started to sweat, because he assumed the teacher’s expression meant he did poorly on the test. Harrison began to wonder wear he went wrong. The teacher walks around the room and handed out the graded assessments. Then the teacher, who had been walking around the room, paused in front of Harrison’s desk, and Harrison thought that he must of performed worst on the test than the rest of the class had. Then, to Harrison’s surprise, the teacher smiled, exclaiming that Harrison had scored one hundred percent.

What is the most appropriate opening sentence for the passage?

Eighth grade student, Harrison, experienced quite the scare in school today.

Harrison was in eighth grade.

A student took a math test.

Many students take math class.

Harrison thought he did well on his math test.

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What is the most appropriate opening sentence for the passage?

Your answer:

Harrison was in eighth grade.

Your answer:

A student took a math test.

Your answer:

Many students take math class.

Your answer:

Harrison thought he did well on his math test.

Correct answer:

Eighth grade student, Harrison, experienced quite the scare in school today.

Explanation:

The correct answer choice gives the audience an insight into what passage they are about to read. An effective opening sentence is a "hook" that makes the reader interested in reading the rest of the selection. The correct answer choice foreshadows the plot of the passage and introduces the protagonist. The other answer choices are either too vague ("Many students take math class.") or jump into the plot of the passage too specifically ("Harrison thought he did well on his math test.")

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