Paragraph Organization Activity

Paragraph Organization Activity

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For each of the following paragraphs, click and drag the sentences into the correct order to create a logically flowing paragraph. Then, determine the organization method used.

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Factory Trawlers

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Fourth and finally there is equipment to make fishmeal (to utilize both the factory leavings and trash or nonmarketable fish).

First, there is a stern ramp or slipway for the rapid recovery of nets from astern (rather than over the side).

Third there is an ammonia or freon refrigerating plant for the quick freezing and frozen storage of fish (in place of heavy and space-consuming chopped ice).

Click and drag the sentences into the correct order to create a logically flowing paragraph. Then, determine the organization method used.

Common to all factory trawlers are four essential elements that set them apart from the generations of fishing vessels that preceded them.

Second there is a sheltered belowdecks factory section with assembly-line machines to gut and fillet fish (as opposed to cleaning by hand on an exposed main deck).

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Factory Trawlers

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Common to all factory trawlers are four essential elements that set them apart from the generations of fishing vessels that preceded them.

First, there is a stern ramp or slipway for the rapid recovery of nets from astern (rather than over the side).

Second there is a sheltered belowdecks factory section with assembly-line machines to gut and fillet fish (as opposed to cleaning by hand on an exposed main deck).

Third there is an ammonia or freon refrigerating plant for the quick freezing and frozen storage of fish (in place of heavy and space-consuming chopped ice).

Fourth and finally there is equipment to make fishmeal (to utilize both the factory leavings and trash or nonmarketable fish).

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Cars

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As a consequence, a gap opened at the lower end of the automobile market, leaving room for manufacturers from Third World countries to compete.

Because of import quotas, the Japanese could export only a limited number of vehicles, and they preferred to ship their more profitable luxury lines to America.

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They introduced to America some of the lowest-prices cars consumers had seen in years.

By the mid-1980s, the prices of economy cars had risen substantially, with the smaller Japanese and American sedans costing five figures or more.

American car companies claimed that the profit margins on cheap cars were too small to justify producing vehicles under $6,000.

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Cars

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By the mid-1980s, the prices of economy cars had risen substantially, with the smaller Japanese and American sedans costing five figures or more.

Because of import quotas, the Japanese could export only a limited number of vehicles, and they preferred to ship their more profitable luxury lines to America.

American car companies claimed that the profit margins on cheap cars were too small to justify producing vehicles under $6,000.

As a consequence, a gap opened at the lower end of the automobile market, leaving room for manufacturers from Third World countries to compete.

They introduced to America some of the lowest-prices cars consumers had seen in years.

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cause and effect

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Superstition

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Theologians assure us that it does.

You did not know that superstition takes four forms?

I did not question him further about his belief in the devil; but I noticed that he did not smile until I asked him what he was doing.

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You may think that such beliefs are confined to persons with little formal education.

Yet, I saw a deeply learned professor of anthropology who had spilled some salt throwing a pinch of it over his left shoulder.

When I asked him why, he replied with a wink, that it was "to hit the devil in the eye."

First is what they call "vain observances," such as not walking under a ladder and that sort of thing.

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Superstition

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You did not know that superstition takes four forms?

Theologians assure us that it does.

First is what they call "vain observances," such as not walking under a ladder and that sort of thing.

You may think that such beliefs are confined to persons with little formal education.

Yet, I saw a deeply learned professor of anthropology who had spilled some salt throwing a pinch of it over his left shoulder.

When I asked him why, he replied with a wink, that it was "to hit the devil in the eye."

I did not question him further about his belief in the devil; but I noticed that he did not smile until I asked him what he was doing.

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Science Tricks

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To do this trick, you need an egg and a milk bottle.

The best of all scientific tricks with an egg is the well-known one in which air pressure forces a peeled, hard-boiled egg into a glass milk bottle and then forces it out again undamaged.

When you stop blowing, the air expands, pushing the egg through the neck of the bottle and into your waiting hands.

As the air in the bottle cools it contracts, creating a partial vacuum that draws the peeled egg inside.

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To get the egg out again, invert the bottle so that the egg falls into the neck.

To get the egg through the mouth you must heat the air in the bottle.

After heating the air in the bottle, put the egg upright on the mouth of the bottle.

The mouth of the bottle must be only slightly smaller than the egg, and so you must be careful not to use too large an egg or too small a bottle.

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Science Tricks

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The best of all scientific tricks with an egg is the well-known one in which air pressure forces a peeled, hard-boiled egg into a glass milk bottle and then forces it out again undamaged.

To do this trick, you need an egg and a milk bottle.

The mouth of the bottle must be only slightly smaller than the egg, and so you must be careful not to use too large an egg or too small a bottle.

To get the egg through the mouth you must heat the air in the bottle.

After heating the air in the bottle, put the egg upright on the mouth of the bottle.

As the air in the bottle cools it contracts, creating a partial vacuum that draws the peeled egg inside.

To get the egg out again, invert the bottle so that the egg falls into the neck.

Then, place the opening of the bottle against your mouth and blow vigorously to compress the air in the bottle.

When you stop blowing, the air expands, pushing the egg through the neck of the bottle and into your waiting hands.

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Money Story

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In part, it was a reaction against all things British.

The reason there was more Spanish then British coin circulating in the colonies then was because the British paid in trade goods for the American products they purchased, and they preferred British coin for what they sold to the colonies.

More important, there was more Spanish than British coin circulating in the colonies and states in the late eighteenth century.

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Why did the dollar, a Spanish monetary unit, become the basis of American currency rather than the British pound sterling, to which Americans were accustomed?

Thus, British coin, known as pounds, tended to flow back to Great Britain.

But the colonists had a favorable balance of trade with Spanish America--selling more than they bought--so Spanish coin was comparatively abundance.

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Money Story

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Why did the dollar, a Spanish monetary unit, become the basis of American currency rather than the British pound sterling, to which Americans were accustomed?

In part, it was a reaction against all things British.

More important, there was more Spanish than British coin circulating in the colonies and states in the late eighteenth century.

The reason there was more Spanish then British coin circulating in the colonies then was because the British paid in trade goods for the American products they purchased, and they preferred British coin for what they sold to the colonies.

Thus, British coin, known as pounds, tended to flow back to Great Britain.

But the colonists had a favorable balance of trade with Spanish America--selling more than they bought--so Spanish coin was comparatively abundance.

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Scenery

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Along the north slope, man-high columns of ice clung to the limestone.

The highway, without warning, rolled off the plateau of green pastures and entered a wooded and rocky gorge; down, down, precipitously down to the Kentucky River.

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The gorge, hidden in the tableland and wholly unexpected, was the Palisades.

At the bottom lay only enough ground for the river and a narrow strip of willow-rimmed floodplain.

The road dropped deeper until it crossed the river at Brooklyn Bridge.

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Scenery

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The road dropped deeper until it crossed the river at Brooklyn Bridge.

The highway, without warning, rolled off the plateau of green pastures and entered a wooded and rocky gorge; down, down, precipitously down to the Kentucky River.

The gorge, hidden in the tableland and wholly unexpected, was the Palisades.

Along the north slope, man-high columns of ice clung to the limestone.

At the bottom lay only enough ground for the river and a narrow strip of willow-rimmed floodplain.

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Eyewear

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This inattention creates a danger of infection.

However, in addition to the cost of the lenses themselves, contact lens wearers must shoulder the extra expense of cleaning supplies.

When buying a pair of classes, a person deals with just the expense of glasses themselves.

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Glasses can be cleaned quickly with water and tissue at the wearer's convenience.

After a busy day, lens wearers often do not feel like taking time out to clean and disinfect their lenses, and many wearers skip the chore.

In contrast, contact lenses require daily cleaning and weekly enzyming that inconvenience lens wearers.

Although contact lenses make the wearer more attractive, glasses are easier and less expensive to care for.

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Eyewear

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When buying a pair of classes, a person deals with just the expense of glasses themselves.

However, in addition to the cost of the lenses themselves, contact lens wearers must shoulder the extra expense of cleaning supplies.

Glasses can be cleaned quickly with water and tissue at the wearer's convenience.

In contrast, contact lenses require daily cleaning and weekly enzyming that inconvenience lens wearers.

After a busy day, lens wearers often do not feel like taking time out to clean and disinfect their lenses, and many wearers skip the chore.

This inattention creates a danger of infection.

Although contact lenses make the wearer more attractive, glasses are easier and less expensive to care for.

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Memories

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Conveniently located beside the funeral home is the new florist, with seasonal decorations all around it.

First, there is the old florist shop that has recently become a deli.

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When thinking about my hometown, I always picture driving into the heart of downtown.

Beside the deli is the new funeral home, with its hearse parked out front.

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Memories

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When thinking about my hometown, I always picture driving into the heart of downtown.

First, there is the old florist shop that has recently become a deli.

Beside the deli is the new funeral home, with its hearse parked out front.

Conveniently located beside the funeral home is the new florist, with seasonal decorations all around it.

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Cave Paintings

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But elephants, rhinos, owls, and lions?

One extraordinary feature is the variety of animal images.

Horses, reindeer, bison, yes--these are familiar to European cave experts.

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What is it about the cave paining discovered in the south of France in late 1994 that has so excited archaeologists?

These beautifully executed figures are also artistically more sophisticated than even the drawings of the famous cave at Lascaux, yet tests show that they're more than 30,000 years old, twice as old as any previously known cave paintings.

Such paintings are unique to this newly discovered cave at Chauvet.

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Cave Paintings

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What is it about the cave painting discovered in the south of France in late 1994 that has so excited archaeologists?

One extraordinary feature is the variety of animal images.

Horses, reindeer, bison, yes--these are familiar to European cave experts.

But elephants, rhinos, owls, and lions?

Such paintings are unique to this newly discovered cave at Chauvet.

These beautifully executed figures are also artistically more sophisticated than even the drawings of the famous cave at Lascaux, yet tests show that they're more than 30,000 years old, twice as old as any previously known cave paintings.

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Music

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For example, music is surely the art of creating emotional responses through the skillful manipulation of sounds.

Chopin, on the other hand, through his use of the minor mode, bass register, and slow tempo, conveys to us the feeling of sullen despair in the third movement of his second piano sonata.

Examples of this power can be found among the works of any of the great composers.

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Although defined as "The art of arranging sounds with reference to rhythm, pitch and tone quality" by Fund and Wagner, music is, in reality, much, much, more.

Handel, though his use of a major key and a dynamic and melismatic melody in the Hallelujah Chorus of his Messiah, gives us a sense of hopeful elation.

There is no doubt that we experience certain feelings when we fall under its hypnotic influence.

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Music

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Although defined as "The art of arranging sounds with reference to rhythm, pitch and tone quality" by Funk and Wagner, music is, in reality, much, much, more.

For example, music is surely the art of creating emotional responses through the skillful manipulation of sounds.

There is no doubt that we experience certain feelings when we fall under its hypnotic influence.

Examples of this power can be found among the works of any of the great composers.

Handel, though his use of a major key and a dynamic and melismatic melody in the Hallelujah Chorus of his Messiah, gives us a sense of hopeful elation.

Chopin, on the other hand, through his use of the minor mode, bass register, and slow tempo, conveys to us the feeling of sullen despair in the third movement of his second piano sonata.

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The Women's Movement

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During the summer of 1970, the women's movement came of age and proved to the media and the nation that Americans were going to have to take feminism seriously.

This massive demonstration, known as the Women's Strike for Equality, was such a publicity coup that it triggered a further growth spurt in the movement.

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Then, on August 10, the House passed the ERA for the first time.

First, the Ladies' Home Journal appeared on the newsstands with its liberated supplement.

Finally, on August 26, tens of thousands of women in cities all over the country took to the streets to demand equality--and shocked the nation by their sheer numbers.

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The Women's Movement

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During the summer of 1970, the women's movement came of age and proved to the media and the nation that Americans were going to have to take feminism seriously.

First, the Ladies' Home Journal appeared on the newsstands with its liberated supplement.

Then, on August 10, the House passed the ERA for the first time.

Finally, on August 26, tens of thousands of women in cities all over the country took to the streets to demand equality--and shocked the nation by their sheer numbers.

This massive demonstration, known as the Women's Strike for Equality, was such a publicity coup that it triggered a further growth spurt in the movement.

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Smoking Ban

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First, such a policy unduly penalizes an activity that, though obnoxious, is not, in fact, illegal.

Last, a ban on smoking might set an unfortunate precedent, leading to the elimination of other habits and activities certain groups regard as similarly offensive or harmful: drinking alcohol or coffee, eating fatty foods, dancing, listening to rock music, or even driving a car.

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Second enforcement of the policy might encourage insidious intrusions upon the privacy of students in their residence halls and faculty in their offices.

One student, in particular, a nonsmoker, argued eloquently before the committee that there are many reasons to oppose a campus-wide ban on smoking.

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Smoking Ban

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One student, in particular, a nonsmoker, argued eloquently before the committee that there are many reasons to oppose a campus-wide ban on smoking.

First, such a policy unduly penalizes an activity that, though obnoxious, is not, in fact, illegal.

Second enforcement of the policy might encourage insidious intrusions upon the privacy of students in their residence halls and faculty in their offices.

Last, a ban on smoking might set an unfortunate precedent, leading to the elimination of other habits and activities certain groups regard as similarly offensive or harmful: drinking alcohol or coffee, eating fatty foods, dancing, listening to rock music, or even driving a car.

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