Question
A Cup of Coffee
(1) This plan had seemed brilliant a week ago: meet over a cup of coffee. (2) But now, I just wasn't sure. (3) I turned to look at my parents, who were sitting at the table right behind me in the café. (4) I was going to do this on my own, but it was good to know my backup team was a mere table away.
(5) Today, I was going to meet my birth mother for the first time. (6) On my eighteenth birthday, my parents told me I was adopted, and I was shocked. (7) My friends had thrown a birthday party for me the night before, and I was tired. (8) Growing up, I was always told that I looked so much like both of my parents. (9) I thought adoption was something that happened to other kids, not a normal, boring girl like me.
(10) "Mary, I'm your birth mother," said a tall, brown-haired woman with a small smile on her face.
(11) At first, I hadn't wanted to know anything about my birth mother. (12) When I told my parents I wanted more information, they gave me a file and said I should read it if I wanted to know what they knew. (13) My parents didn't push me. (14) They told me to let them know if I changed my mind. (15) I did. (16) I changed my mind.
(17) And now here I was in a café staring down every woman who walked through the doors. (18) I kept wondering, "Is she my mother?" (19) I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm myself down.
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What is the most effective way to improve the overall organization of the passage?
A.
Move the fourth paragraph (sentences 11-16) to the beginning of the passage.
B.
Move the fifth paragraph (sentences 17-19) after the second paragraph (sentences 5-9).
C.
Move the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) before the fifth paragraph (sentences 17-19).
D.
Move the third paragraph (sentence 10) to the end of the passage.
(1) This plan had seemed brilliant a week ago: meet over a cup of coffee. (2) But now, I just wasn't sure. (3) I turned to look at my parents, who were sitting at the table right behind me in the café. (4) I was going to do this on my own, but it was good to know my backup team was a mere table away.
(5) Today, I was going to meet my birth mother for the first time. (6) On my eighteenth birthday, my parents told me I was adopted, and I was shocked. (7) My friends had thrown a birthday party for me the night before, and I was tired. (8) Growing up, I was always told that I looked so much like both of my parents. (9) I thought adoption was something that happened to other kids, not a normal, boring girl like me.
(10) "Mary, I'm your birth mother," said a tall, brown-haired woman with a small smile on her face.
(11) At first, I hadn't wanted to know anything about my birth mother. (12) When I told my parents I wanted more information, they gave me a file and said I should read it if I wanted to know what they knew. (13) My parents didn't push me. (14) They told me to let them know if I changed my mind. (15) I did. (16) I changed my mind.
(17) And now here I was in a café staring down every woman who walked through the doors. (18) I kept wondering, "Is she my mother?" (19) I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm myself down.
4
What is the most effective way to improve the overall organization of the passage?
A.
Move the fourth paragraph (sentences 11-16) to the beginning of the passage.
B.
Move the fifth paragraph (sentences 17-19) after the second paragraph (sentences 5-9).
C.
Move the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) before the fifth paragraph (sentences 17-19).
D.
Move the third paragraph (sentence 10) to the end of the passage.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The most effective way to improve the overall organization of the passage is:
**A. Move the fourth paragraph (sentences 11-16) to the beginning of the passage.**
By starting with the background of the character's feelings about adoption and their decision to seek out their birth mother, the passage would create a clearer narrative structure. This would help readers understand the character's journey and emotions leading up to the meeting with her birth mother.
**A. Move the fourth paragraph (sentences 11-16) to the beginning of the passage.**
By starting with the background of the character's feelings about adoption and their decision to seek out their birth mother, the passage would create a clearer narrative structure. This would help readers understand the character's journey and emotions leading up to the meeting with her birth mother.