The following sentences, when ordered logically, form a paragraph discussing the development of the Cherokee writing system. Arrange the sentences to ensure that the central claim is logically introduced and immediately supported by appropriate evidence and specific details.
- 1For years, Sequoyah worked in isolation to create a writing system for his people, despite widespread skepticism from his peers.
- 2His breakthrough came in the form of a syllabary, a set of eighty-five characters representing the individual syllables of the Cherokee language.
- 3This newly invented writing system proved remarkably intuitive, sparking a rapid surge in literacy across the Cherokee Nation.
- 4Within months of the system's official adoption in 1821, thousands of Cherokee citizens learned to read and write in their native tongue.
- 5For example, this widespread literacy enabled the Cherokee Nation to establish a bilingual newspaper, the *Cherokee Phoenix*, in 1828.
Answer
The correct logical order begins with the sentence introducing Sequoyah's isolation and effort, followed by the sentence defining his breakthrough syllabary, then the sentence claiming that this system caused a rapid surge in literacy, followed by the sentence providing general quantitative evidence of the surge in 1821, and ending with the sentence providing the specific example of the bilingual newspaper in 1828.
The correct paragraph structure follows a logical progression: it first establishes the context of Sequoyah's isolated work, defines his breakthrough syllabary, presents the central claim that the system sparked a rapid literacy surge, supports this claim with general quantitative timeline data (thousands of readers within months of 1821), and finally illustrates the claim with a concrete, specific detail (the establishment of the *Cherokee Phoenix* in 1828).
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Supporting Claims with Evidence and Details