The Paragraph Below Is Developed by a Specific Mode or Pattern

question 11

Multiple Choice

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s) .
(1) Music aficionados will always argue over compact discs and records. (2) LPs, or long playing records, have been around since the invention of the phonograph. (3) Many jazz fans say that LP records give jazz and blues music a certain character. (4) They refer to the authentic pops and scratches audible even on a good recording after several plays. (5) Classical music fans, however, stand by compact discs as the best way to listen to recorded music. (6) Though LPs capture the pops and scratches, CDs capture both the highs of virtuoso violins and the lows of tubas with a clarity that LPs cannot replicate. (7) Although record companies produce fewer and fewer LPs each year, they will always have die-hard fans who will stand by vinyl.
Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

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

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Definitions:

Judging Type

A personality trait characterized by a preference for structure, organization, and clear decisions, often assessed in psychological typologies.

Myers-Briggs Typology

A psychological framework that categorizes individuals into 16 personality types based on preferences in how they perceive the world and make decisions.

Sensing Types

Individuals who prefer using their senses to process information and focus on the present rather than future possibilities.

Perceiving Types

Reference to personality types that prefer to take in information through intuition and sensing, focusing on flexibility and adaptiveness.