Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S2, respectively. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and indicate your answer accordingly.

S1: A great English writer of the early 1800's, Jane Austen wrote many great novels we still discuss to this day. S2: First you must figure out each separate syllable then you have to fit them together to create a single term. P: These riddles are especially fun because you have several tasks. Q: Even though we now think of charades as being a game in which you act out clues for people to guess, they used to also have the meaning of a riddle that describes the answer syllable by syllable. R: A lot of her poetry came in the form of charades. S: Although most people know her for her books she also had a very strong collection of poetry.

  1. PQRS

  2. SRQP

  3. RQSP

  4. QPRS

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. S1 introduces the topic of the passage (Jane Austen). S connects to S1 (the conjunction ‘although’ tells us more about her; her poetry). This connects to R (the form her poetry took). This connects to Q (more about charades). This connects to P (the pronoun ‘these riddles’ refers to the riddles in charades). S2 concludes the passage.

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