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Zorluk: OrtaEstablishing Introductions and Thesis Statements

The following is an excerpt from a draft of an essay about a pioneering scientific discovery.

[1] _____________________________. At the time, leprosy was a highly feared disease with no known cure, and patients in Hawaii were forcibly exiled to an isolated peninsula on the island of Molokai. The prevailing treatment, a natural oil, was thick and sticky, making it difficult to inject or absorb effectively. Alice Ball, a young chemist, successfully developed a process to isolate the active compounds from the oil. This breakthrough created the first effective, water-soluble treatment, allowing hundreds of exiled patients to return home to their families.

Which choice, if placed at [1], most effectively introduces the paragraph by establishing its main focus?

  1. In the early twentieth century, medical researchers struggled to find a workable treatment for leprosy.Cevap
  2. B
    Although medical researchers in the early twentieth century struggled to find a workable treatment for leprosy.
  3. C
    Medical researchers struggled to find a treatment for leprosy in the early twentieth century, they were desperate for a breakthrough.
  4. D
    Many students during the early twentieth century travelled to Hawaii to study advanced organic chemistry.

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In the early twentieth century, medical researchers struggled to find a workable treatment for leprosy.
The sentence stating that medical researchers struggled to find a treatment for leprosy is grammatically correct and directly establishes the central topic of the paragraph. It provides a logical transition to the next sentence, which details the historical stigmatization and isolation of leprosy patients.

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1
Analyze the main focus of the paragraph by reading the sentences that follow the introduction.
The paragraph discusses the lack of a cure for leprosy, the limitations of the existing treatment (thick oil), and Alice Ball's development of the first effective, water-soluble treatment that allowed patients to return home.
Identifying the main focus ensures the introductory sentence establishes the correct thematic direction.
2
Evaluate the choices to determine which one grammatically and rhetorically introduces the topic of leprosy treatments.
The statement introducing the twentieth-century struggle for a leprosy treatment provides the necessary context and flows logically into the subsequent sentence about the lack of a cure.
An effective introduction must connect logically to the sentences that follow and introduce the central topic.
3
Identify and eliminate options that contain grammatical errors or fail to meet the rhetorical goal.
The dependent clause fragment, the comma splice, and the off-topic statement about chemistry students are eliminated.
An introductory sentence must be grammatically complete and directly relevant to the topic of the paragraph.

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