The Paragraph Below Is Developed by a Specific Mode or Pattern

question 8

Multiple Choice

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s) .
(1) I hadn't seen my childhood bedroom in the two years since I had left for France. (2) My parents kept everything in place, as if I had never left. (3) An enormous poster of Michael Jordan was still tacked to the front of the door. (4) On the wall were markings of my height, from age three to eighteen. (5) In the bookcase next to my bed stood all the science fiction novels and copies of Sports Illustrated that I had read in middle and high school. (6) Above the bed, a model airplane hung, suspended by thin wires. (7) I lay on the bed, now too small for me, and watched the model airplane move gently in the breeze.
Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentences?

• A) (1), (3)
• B) (3), (4), (5), (6)
• C) (2), (7)

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Definitions:

National Stereotype

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing associated with a country or nation.

Multicultural Identity

The identification with or sense of belonging to several cultural or ethnic groups.

Mexican Heritage

The customs, traditions, and cultural influences handed down by ancestors or society in Mexico.

American Heritage

Refers to the traditions, customs, history, and culture that characterize the United States.