Each Question Below Is a Plan for a Narrative Paragraph

question 33

Multiple Choice

Each question below is a plan for a narrative paragraph. The events in the plans are not in the correct chronological order. Select the letter of the answer that numbers the events in the proper time sequence. Some say that the Greek myth of Icarus teaches the importance of moderation and self-control.
____ As he strapped on their wings, Daedalus warned his boy not to fly too near the sun, or the heat would melt the wax.
____ To escape from a prison tower in the Mediterranean Sea, the inventor Daedalus made wings for himself and his son Icarus out of feathers, thread, and wax.
____ Just as his father feared, the blazing sun melted the wax, the wings fell apart, and Icarus plummeted to his death.
____ Daedalus and Icarus leapt from the tower and began flying over the sea.
____ Soaring higher and delighting in his ability to fly toward the sun, Icarus ignored his father's advice.

• A) 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
• B) 2, 1, 5, 3, 4
• C) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1

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