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CAHSEE ELA: Writing Strategies Drill 2, Problem 3. Which of the following sentences would best introduce the draft?

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Sorry And here's her shmoop du jour brought to you

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by sir percival blakeney on ly name your kids after

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him If you think being bullied will make them stronger

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all right check the following passage They need to build

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a coalition of rain A pair of galoshes dine out

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then i'm great all right which of the following senses

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would best introduce the draft and hear the potential answer

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Great story This paragraph needs to be introduced What can

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we say We guess it's socially awkward option a does

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the worst job of introducing the paragraph it's a broad

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opinion statement it doesn't say anything we're saying nobody really

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cares that the author things the book's a great story

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we need something a lot more specific a lot sooner

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We'd something that hooks readers and doesn't let them go

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no matter how hard they work Ok those little graphic

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choice b doesn't exactly realization either It's super wordy and

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worst of all super boring starting an essay with a

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bunch of facts isn't gonna hook anybody Readers see this

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kind of thing in swim on by okay we from

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some more fish answer sea isn't the worst thing we've

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ever read but it's not the best thing either It

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does make us kind of want to know what flowery

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book we're talking about but ultimately the senses to general

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and doesn't tell us anything we need to know In

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the end the best thing to do is leave well

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enough alone making d correct answer leave as if you

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don't start a sentence with the current introductory since tells

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us the topic Give some general information about the author

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and leads into the rest of the paragraph which is

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precisely what you want in an introduction When we feel

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shy about introducing ourselves we hire alex trebek Jeopardy Guy

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is the best That mustache usually goes over great but

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sometimes he can be a bit questionable Sir percival blakeney

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