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Zorluk: OrtaSentence Reordering and Placement

Consider the following paragraph from an essay about Wangari Maathai:

[1] In 1977, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai observed that rural streams were drying up and agricultural soil was eroding. [2] She reasoned that the widespread clearing of forests to make room for commercial agriculture was the root cause of these ecological problems. [3] To address these issues, she encouraged local women to plant seedlings in their communities, providing them with a small stipend for each tree that survived. [4] This grassroots approach eventually grew into the Green Belt Movement, an organization that has helped plant over fifty million trees. [5] Through this work, Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

To make the paragraph flow as logically as possible, where should the following sentence be inserted?

'Before achieving this historic honor, however, she faced years of political opposition and harassment from local authorities.'

  1. A
    directly before Sentence 1
  2. B
    directly after Sentence 3
  3. C
    directly after Sentence 4
  4. directly after Sentence 5Cevap

Cevap

directly after Sentence 5
Placing the sentence directly after Sentence 5 is the only logical choice because it provides the necessary antecedent ('Nobel Peace Prize') for the phrase 'this historic honor'. Chronologically and logically, the reference to her political struggles before receiving the prize flows naturally right after the mention of the prize itself.

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1
Identify the key pronoun or noun-phrase clue in the target sentence.
The phrase 'this historic honor' requires a specific noun or concept to serve as its antecedent.
Recognizing reference clues is the most efficient way to determine the correct placement of a sentence.
2
Scan the paragraph to locate where this antecedent is first introduced.
The 'Nobel Peace Prize' is introduced at the end of Sentence 5.
A sentence containing a specific referent must be placed after the sentence that introduces that referent.
3
Evaluate the overall logical flow with the target sentence inserted after the introducing sentence.
Placing the sentence after Sentence 5 maintains logical continuity and clarifies the chronological contrast between her early political struggles and her later international recognition.
Verifying the flow ensures no other transitions are awkwardly interrupted.

Anahtar Kavram

Sentence placement questions on the ACT often depend on identifying clear grammatical or logical clues, such as pronoun or noun-phrase antecedents. A sentence with a specific demonstrative phrase (like 'this historic honor') must follow the sentence that explicitly defines that referent.
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