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Difficulty: MediumSentence Reordering and Placement

[1] During a chilly trolley ride in New York City in 1902, Mary Anderson noticed that the motorman had to open the front window to wipe away the accumulating sleet. [2] This forced the driver to endure the freezing wind and rain just to maintain a clear view of the street ahead. [3] Upon returning home to Alabama, she sketched a design for a rubber blade that could be operated from inside the vehicle by turning a hand lever. [4] Many manufacturing firms initially refused to purchase the rights to the design, dismissing it as a dangerous distraction to drivers. [5] This manual wiper, which she patented the following year, successfully kept the window clean without requiring the driver to open the glass.

To make this paragraph most logical and cohesive, where should Sentence 5 be placed?

  1. A
    after Sentence 1
  2. B
    after Sentence 2
  3. after Sentence 3Answer
  4. D
    where it is now

Answer

after Sentence 3
Placing the sentence after Sentence 3 is correct because the demonstrative phrase 'This manual wiper' in the sentence to be placed directly references the 'rubber blade' and 'hand lever' introduced in Sentence 3. This placement also preserves the chronological timeline: she sketched the design first, patented it next, and then manufacturing firms rejected the rights to that design.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Sentence 5 for pronoun referents and logical markers.
Sentence 5 begins with 'This manual wiper,' indicating it must follow a sentence that introduces a wiper or blade mechanism.
Identifying pronoun antecedents establishes logical links between sentences.
2
Trace the chronological development of the invention within the paragraph.
Sentence 3 describes sketching the design, Sentence 5 describes patenting it the following year, and Sentence 4 describes firms refusing to purchase the rights to that design.
Historical narrative paragraphs must follow a chronological sequence of events to make sense.
3
Verify the placement of Sentence 5 after Sentence 3.
The flow is established: designing the device (Sentence 3) -> describing how the patented device worked (Sentence 5) -> discussing the commercial rejection of the design (Sentence 4).
This ordering keeps the noun phrase and pronoun referent together while maintaining proper chronological and cause-and-effect transitions.

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Sentence Reordering and Placement
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