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CAHSEE Writing: Revision Drill, Problem 2. Where would be the best place to put the following sentence?

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00:03

Here's your shmoop du jour... La passage, ooh la la!

00:09

Pause and review, if you think it might help...

00:16

Where would be the BEST place to put the following sentence?

00:19

Roosevelt also knew how to appeal to the American people, conducting fireside chats and comforting

00:25

the nation after the attack on Pearl Harbor

00:27

And here are the potential answers:

00:35

Ok, what is this question asking?

00:38

It wants to know if we can figure out where to stick a sentence and have it make... sense.

00:42

Really, the only way to do that is to imagine sticking it after each sentence indicated

00:46

by the answer choices, and see which one hits home.

00:51

After sentence 1? Sentence 1 is really just kind of a general bio for Roosevelt... not

00:55

much to do with his dealings with the American people...

00:58

After sentence 3? Sounds about right.

01:01

We're talking about how he inspired millions... so it seems like a good fit. Let's check

01:07

out our other options and see if there's a better one...

01:10

After sentence 5? Again, just a bit of a brag... not really on point...

01:15

What about after sentence 6?

01:17

Still too vague and not specific enough. Our best option here is definitely B.

01:22

As in, "Best fit."

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