Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother.
B. Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens.
C. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza, tolerate, but don't love her.
D. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. BDCA.
- The opening sentence of the given paragraph is always independent of one another. Thus, Sentence B introduces Jane Eyre and how she lived with her aunt.
- Sentence D further talked about the ten-year-old Jane.
- Sentence C further talks about Jane, who even at an early age was not loved by her cousin.
- Sentence A is an ending statement, it talks about how her cousin's brother was brutally hostile towards her.
The correct paragraph would be:
Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza, tolerate, but don't love her. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother.