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. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.
B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.
C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for solutions to racial ills.
D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. BDAC.
- The opening sentence of the given paragraph should always be independent and introductory in nature.
- Sentence B talks about how the subject entered Morehouse College, giving a brief introduction to the topic.
- Sentence D further talks about the hardships that he had upon entering college, bringing in the continuation.
- Sentence A further talks about how the subject went to college from the eleventh grade skipping the twelfth grade.
- Sentence C will be our closing statement as it talks about academic freedom and a positive quest for solutions to racial ills.
The correct paragraph is:
At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for solutions to racial ills.