For centuries, stained glass windows have been used to tell stories and bring vibrant color to places of worship. During the Gothic period, medieval artists created these windows by mixing metallic oxides into molten glass. Copper was added to make red or blue glass, while cobalt yielded a deep, rich blue. [1] Modern stained glass artists often use copper foil to wrap individual pieces of glass before soldering them together. Today, these historical windows are carefully preserved, allowing modern viewers to appreciate their beauty and narrative power.
The writer is considering deleting Sentence 1 from the paragraph. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
- AKept, because it explains how medieval artisans colored glass using copper foil.
- BKept, because it provides a necessary transition from the discussion of Gothic art to a discussion of contemporary gallery exhibitions.
- Deleted, because it introduces details about modern craft techniques that interrupt the paragraph's focus on medieval stained glass.Cevap
- DDeleted, because it repeats information about the use of copper in stained glass that is stated earlier in the paragraph.
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The sentence should be deleted because it introduces details about modern craft techniques that interrupt the paragraph's focus on medieval stained glass.
The correct answer states that the sentence should be deleted because it introduces details about modern craft techniques that interrupt the paragraph's focus on medieval stained glass. This is correct because the rest of the paragraph describes the history, chemistry, and preservation of medieval stained glass. Introducing a detail about modern soldering and copper foil disrupts the historical narrative.
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Evaluating the relevance of a sentence to maintain paragraph unity and cohesion
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