create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence, (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations, (iii) contain a concluding statement
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Malcolm wants to improve the topic sentence he has written at the end of the second paragraph (sentences 4–7). Which of the following could BEST replace sentence 7?
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The donkeys are in the biblioburro
It is a biblioburro bookmobile with donkeys and books, too.
This unique bookmobile is called the biblioburro.
The biblioburro is that.
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Malcolm wants to add another detail to the fifth paragraph (sentences 18–20). Which sentence belongs in this paragraph and could BEST follow sentence 20?
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There were so many people donating books in no time.
People can be so thoughtful and nice.
Soriano loves his home country of Colombia.
Now Soriano’s mobile library includes more than 4,800 books.
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Malcolm wants to improve the topic sentence he has written at the end of the second paragraph (sentences 4–7). Which of the following could BEST replace sentence 7?
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4.18.A: Writing - Expository and Procedural Texts
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Malcolm wants to add another detail to the fifth paragraph (sentences 18–20). Which sentence belongs in this paragraph and could BEST follow sentence 20?
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Devin wants to add a sentence to tell more about the idea he has expressed in sentence 15. Which of these could BEST follow and support sentence 15?
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The central idea of Roland’s paper is weak. Which of the following could replace sentence 3 and provide a better central idea for this paper?
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Which sentence should Roland add to the end of his paper to bring it to a better close?
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Derrick wants to further develop the central idea of this paper by adding a detail after sentence 3. Which of these sentences could BEST follow and support sentence 3?
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Derrick’s paper ends abruptly. Which sentence can be added to the end of this paper to close it more effectively?
