Asked by Andrea Garza on May 25, 2024
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Check the following paragraphs for unity. Select the number of the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph. Identify the sentence that does not belong.
(1) In nineteenth-century America, chocolate was a rare, expensive treat. (2) It was Milton Hershey, founder of Hershey Foods, who made chocolate affordable and widely available. (3) He had built a successful caramel-making company before chocolate-making first fascinated him in 1893. (4) For years, he worked at perfecting a recipe for making milk chocolate, a process which up until then had been the secret of Swiss chocolate makers. (5) Hershey experimented with different combinations of milk, sugar, and cocoa until he found the right one. (6) Then, using mass-production techniques, he was able to make and sell large quantities of individually wrapped, affordably priced chocolate. (7) For decades after Hershey began manufacturing his Hershey bars in 1904, the candy cost only a nickel. (8) In the early 1900s, a nickel also bought a ride on the New York subway.
A) Sentence 6
B) Sentence 7
C) Sentence 8
Milton Hershey
An American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, and the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Nickel
A silvery-white metal with a slight golden tinge that is used in alloys and to coat other metals to protect them from corrosion.
Milk Chocolate
A sweet chocolate confectionery made with milk powder, sugar, chocolate liquor, and sometimes vanilla and lecithin.
- Find topic sentences and recognize their critical contribution to paragraph structure.
- Assess the uniformity of paragraphs and the pertinence of sentences within the scope of a paragraph.
Verified Answer
JM
Jakima MarshMay 26, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
The paragraph is focused on how Milton Hershey made chocolate affordable and widely available in America. Sentence 8, however, is a random fact that is not directly related to chocolate or Hershey. It disrupts the unity of the paragraph.
Learning Objectives
- Find topic sentences and recognize their critical contribution to paragraph structure.
- Assess the uniformity of paragraphs and the pertinence of sentences within the scope of a paragraph.