The Paragraph Below Is Developed by a Specific Mode or Pattern

question 54

Multiple Choice

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s) .
(1) New Jersey businessman Barry Halper owned the world's largest collection of baseball memorabilia. (2) Three packed rooms in his basement held countless baseball-related objects priceless to any lover of the game. (3) He owned, for instance, at least 1 million baseball cards, all in complete sets. (4) Nine hundred players' uniforms on a dry cleaner's conveyor belt hummed through a huge closet in Halper's basement. (5) Another prized example of Halper's passion was a life-size wax statue of Babe Ruth purchased from Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum in London. (6) Halper displayed a huge leather chair shaped like a baseball mitt, 3,000 autographed balls, a baseball pinball machine made in the 1930s, posters, bats, masks, trophies. (7) In 1998, he sold his collection; Major League Baseball bought many of Halper's treasures and donated them to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Choose the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

• A) illustration
• B) narration
• C) description
• D) process
• E) definition
• F) persuasion
• G) classification
• H) cause/effect

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Definitions:

Collectivist

Describes societies or groups where people prioritize the needs and goals of the community over individual desires, often emphasizing strong kinship and group cohesion.

Individualistic

Pertaining to the belief in the primary importance of the individual and personal independence.

Authoritative

A parenting style characterized by a high level of demand and high responsiveness, where parents set clear standards but also respect their children's opinions.

Independent

The state of being free from outside control or influence, capable of thinking or acting for oneself.