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The following paragraph contains numbered sentences.

[1] When the Dutch merchant Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first looked through his hand-carved microscopes in the 1670s, he was astonished to find tiny organisms swimming in pond water. [2] He called these microscopic creatures "animalcules," which we now know as bacteria and protists. [3] Recognizing the significance of his findings, van Leeuwenhoek detailed them in letters to the Royal Society of London. [4] The esteemed members of the Society, initially skeptical of these bizarre reports, eventually dispatched observers to verify his claims.

For the sake of the logic and cohesion of the paragraph, where is the most logical placement for the following sentence?

"These documents, written in Dutch, included meticulous drawings of the tiny cells."

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

Cevap

after Sentence 3
The correct answer is the option that places the sentence after Sentence 3. The target sentence begins with the phrase 'These documents,' which requires a plural noun antecedent representing written materials. Sentence 3 ends by mentioning that van Leeuwenhoek detailed his findings in 'letters to the Royal Society of London.' Placing the target sentence after Sentence 3 allows 'These documents' to refer directly and logically to the 'letters.' Additionally, the target sentence introduces 'drawings' of the cells, which provides a logical bridge to Sentence 4, where the members of the Society are skeptical of 'these bizarre reports.'

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1
Identify key logical markers, pronouns, or transition words in the target sentence.
The pronoun phrase 'These documents' indicates that the preceding sentence must mention a plural noun referring to written records or papers.
Pronouns must have clear and nearby antecedents to maintain paragraph cohesion.
2
Analyze each sentence in the paragraph to find a logical noun antecedent for 'These documents'.
Sentence 3 contains the plural noun 'letters,' which logically fits as the antecedent for 'These documents.'
Verifying the pronoun-antecedent relationship ensures the sentence is placed in a position that makes sense.
3
Insert the target sentence after Sentence 3 and read the resulting paragraph to check the overall flow.
The flow is logical: van Leeuwenhoek details his findings in 'letters' (Sentence 3), 'These documents' include drawings (target sentence), and the Society is skeptical of 'these bizarre reports' (Sentence 4).
Reading the completed paragraph confirms that both the pronoun reference and the overall narrative progression are correct.

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