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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Writing an Informative Essay about a Utopia

Question 2 • Common Core ELA 12 A-IC

Which answer choice most clearly combines and connects the ideas expressed in these two short sentences?Disrespectful behavior causes anger and fighting. Eliminating disrespectful behavior would create a pleasant environment.

Answer
A
Eliminating disrespectful behavior, anger, and fighting would create a pleasant environment.
B
Disrespectful behavior causes anger and fighting, so eliminating it would create a pleasant environment.
C
A pleasant environment can exist only as long as there is no disrespectful behavior, which causes anger and fighting.

Explanation

Choice B connects the ideas with “so”: disrespectful behavior causes anger and fighting, and eliminating that behavior would create a pleasant environment. The word “it” clearly refers to disrespectful behavior. Choice A mistakenly suggests that anger and fighting must also be eliminated, while choice C changes the meaning by claiming disrespect is the only condition that can prevent a pleasant environment.

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