Question
Yet even in 1994, the overwhelming majority of those surveyed by the National Opinion Research Center agreed with this statement: "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world." One of the things that it stands for is this vexing notion that a great nation can consist entirely of refugees from other nations, that people of different, even warring religions and cultures can live, if not side by side, [then] on either side of the country's Chester Avenues. Faced with this diversity there is little point in trying to isolate anything remotely resembling a national character, but there are two strains of behavior that, however tenuously, abet the concept of unity.
–"A Quilt of a Country,”
Anna Quindlen
Which statement best traces the development of a central idea from one paragraph to the next?
The first paragraph discusses what unifies Americans; the second describes America’s uniqueness among nations.
The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second gives examples.
The first paragraph discusses conflict in America; the second discusses solutions.
The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second discusses the wealth of recent immigrants.
–"A Quilt of a Country,”
Anna Quindlen
Which statement best traces the development of a central idea from one paragraph to the next?
The first paragraph discusses what unifies Americans; the second describes America’s uniqueness among nations.
The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second gives examples.
The first paragraph discusses conflict in America; the second discusses solutions.
The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second discusses the wealth of recent immigrants.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The statement that best traces the development of a central idea from one paragraph to the next is:
**The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second describes America’s uniqueness among nations.**
The first paragraph highlights the diversity of the U.S. as a nation made up of refugees from different cultures and religions, while the second paragraph emphasizes the unique nature of the U.S. in the context of unity among this diversity.
**The first paragraph discusses America’s diversity; the second describes America’s uniqueness among nations.**
The first paragraph highlights the diversity of the U.S. as a nation made up of refugees from different cultures and religions, while the second paragraph emphasizes the unique nature of the U.S. in the context of unity among this diversity.