Read the paragraph. (1) Equal funding should be provided for girls’ and boys’ sports. (2) Many girls participate in sports. (3) Individual sports have more long-term benefits than team sports. (4) Participation in sports benefits girls and boys. (5) Federal law prohibits gender discrimination in school athletics. How would eliminating sentence 3 improve the paragraph? It would strengthen the topic sentence. It would make the paragraph more coherent. It would help unify the paragraph.
What do you think?
sentence 3 has nothing to do with the paragragh (i know i spelt that wrong lol) so it would help unify the paragraph
I would say, it would strengthen the topic sentence; which is normally the first paragraph. It usually points out or summarizes what the passage is going to be about. In this case; Equal fundings should be provided to both girls and boys. 3 is irreverent to the topic, and IS not a sporting detail. So, by taking this out, the author's purpose or message becomes clearer to you. Think about it, all has something to do with or backs up sentence (1). TAKE a spider web. You see TOPIC and then DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS. After those comes to a close or conclusion. (3) is out of the details since its not describing the topic and it makes the purpose become more confusing. - It isn't unify. That answer usually comes when you are asked to JOIN it together, would most likely use but, and, or, etc. I see none of that though, but I can be wrong. - It can be coherent because it makes it appear more logical and agreeable. In which I would most likely say... 78% is A 6% is B 16% is C If there is 'all of the above' I might choose that, because each can be a right answer, depending where its coming from and what material you are tested on! But I highly choose A for you.
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