WW1: Paragraphing

Choose the best topic sentence for this paragraph:

Good office systems ensure the work is done efficiently. They also enable clear procedures and communications. These help to maintain good relationships in the office. Most importantly, they enable each worker to clearly understand what is required.

• A well-run office is one where staff respect each other.

• Good organization is the basis of a well-run office.

• Satisfied staff make an efficient office.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose the best topic sentence for this paragraph:

This allows organizations to apply leadership in a new way in service settings. Organizations can now foster a leadership mind-set among all organizational members and can weave it throughout the corporate culture. This new service leadership paradigm goes beyond empowerment. Collective leadership is not a promise of power transfer, which so often fails, but a shared understanding of the role of the entire population of an organization. The main change is that employees base their actions on the knowledge and skill of many, instead of relying on each person’s individual abilities.

• Paradigm shifts have occurred in the way leadership is perceived in the last few years.

• In their shift toward a competitive advantage and market superiority, organizations have used different strategic approaches over time.

• No matter what personal characteristics a leader has, he or she is usually successful within a given set of circumstances by shifting priorities.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A paragraph has the following topic sentence:

Emerging technologies have created the opportunity for managers to streamline the flow of information within a company.

Which of the following supporting ideas would break the unity of the paragraph?

• The benefit(s) of streamlining the flow of information in a company

• Examples of these emerging technologies

• A description of how they have helped managers to streamline flow of information

• A definition of emerging tehnologies

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A paragraph has the following topic sentence:

The value of business services exported by the Netherlands in 2016 amounted to 42.4 billion euros.

Which of the following supporting ideas would break the unity of the paragraph?

• Examples of these business services

• An overview of places these services exported to

• An explanation of how business services differ from other types of services

• A comparison with previous years

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the following statement from a textbook chapter about macroeconomics:

Macroeconomics has a number of different definitions.

Which sentence should come next?

• The most widely accepted definition was coined by Falkner (1989).

• Falkner (1989) coined the most widely accepted definition.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the following statement from a textbook chapter about macroeconomics:

Macroeconomic policy is a key responsibility of the state (Davis, 1999).

Which sentence should come next?

• State central banks usually take responsibility for this.

• This responsibility is usually taken by state central banks.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the following statement from a textbook chapter about macroeconomics:

There are two main fields of enquiry: the study of the short-term business cycle, and the study of long-term increases in national income.

Which sentence should come next?

• Both of these are influenced by a variety of complex and inter-related factors.

• A variety of complex and inter-related factors influence both of these.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which word or phrase in the following passage breaks the unity of the paragraph?

The increase in pay in the US economy at the very top is broad-based. It is not solely a phenomenon of one sector, but has occurred for public company executives, private company executives, financial executives, corporate lawyers, and professional athletes. In this section, we attempt to understand what professions and forces have driven those increases in the USA and Europe, using and building on earlier results from Kaplan and Rauh (2010), Bakija, Cole, and Heim (2012), and Kaplan (2012). 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following are a feature of successful paragraphs?

• unity

• coherence

• development

• formality

• persuasiveness

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What should a paragraph NOT look like?

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A