Each of the Following Plans for an Essay Contains a Thesis

question 9

Multiple Choice

Each of the following plans for an essay contains a thesis statement and several topic sentences in scrambled order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the topic sentences in each group according to an order that makes sense. Thesis statement: To process and store information, the human brain uses three kinds of memory.
Topic sentences:
____ All incoming information from the world around us is registered first by our sensory memory.
____ If we rehearse information or integrate it with what we already know, we can move it from working memory into long-term memory, the brain's permanent storage vault.
____ By focusing attention on the information in sensory memory, we can move it to working memory, where we can consciously think about it.

• A) 3, 2, 1
• B) 1, 3, 2
• C) 2, 1, 3

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Definitions:

Hearing Problems

Issues related to the ability to perceive sound, which can range from mild hearing loss to complete deafness.

Specialist

A professional with expertise and focused knowledge in a specific field, often in medicine or academia.

Retina

The inner layer of the eye; contains light-sensing nerve cells.

Light Rays

Streams of photons that travel in a straight line, visible to the human eye when they are in the visible spectrum, and are fundamental in the phenomenon of sight.