The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- Contemporary African writing like 'The Bottled Leopard' voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures.
- Chukwuemeka Ike explores the conflict, and casts the Western tradition as condescending, enveloping and unaccommodating towards local African practice.
- However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience.
- Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition.
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- Contemporary African writing like 'The Bottled Leopard' voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures.
- Chukwuemeka Ike explores the conflict, and casts the Western tradition as condescending, enveloping and unaccommodating towards local African practice.
- However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience.
- Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition.
Entered answer:
Solution
To solve paragraph jumbling, find the opening sentence that introduces the main topic, then follow the logical flow of ideas.
Step 1: Look for the sentence that introduces the main theme without referring to anything else.
Step 2: Find sentences with connecting words like "however," "this theme," etc. that link back to previous ideas.
Step 3: Check if examples come after general statements.
From passage: "Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition."
This sentence introduces the main conflict → no prior reference needed → perfect opening sentence.
From passage: "However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience."
"However" + "their views" → clearly responds to sentence 4's Western views → comes right after 4.
From passage: "Contemporary African writing like 'The Bottled Leopard' voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures."
"This theme" → refers back to the conflict discussed earlier → needs context first → comes after the conflict is established.
Elimination Process:
🟢 Sequence 4312 → correct flow → Problem (4) → Counter-argument (3) → Literary example (1) → Specific author details (2)
Any sequence not starting with 4 → scope-error → other sentences need prior context to make sense
Any sequence putting sentence 1 before establishing the conflict → context-shift → "this theme" would have no reference point
Any sequence separating 4 and 3 → logical-break → "However, their views" in sentence 3 directly responds to sentence 4's Western views
The answer flows: Western denial (4) → African reality exists (3) → Literature shows this conflict (1) → Specific example of author's approach (2)