A. Taylor, age 10, plants an apple seed. A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground. Apples grow on the tree. Taylor, now a teenager, picks an apple off the tree.
B. A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground. Apples grow on the tree. Taylor, age 10, plants an apple seed. Taylor, now a teenager, picks an apple off the tree.
C. Apples grow on the tree. Taylor, age 10, plants an apple seed. Taylor, now a teenager, picks an apple off the tree. A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground.
D. Taylor, now a teenager, picks an apple off the tree. Apples grow on the tree. A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground. Taylor, age 10, plants an apple seed.
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The paragraph that arranges the sentences to show a smooth non-linear progression of events is B.
This choice starts with the result of planting the seed ("A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground."), followed by the growth of the apples, then goes back to when Taylor, age 10, planted the seed, and ends with the current event of Taylor picking an apple as a teenager. This creates a fluid, non-linear narrative that connects the events in a logical but non-sequential manner.
