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Directions: Read the following paragraph, in which a writer…
Directions: Read the following paragraph, in which a writer describes what she is seeing. Then answer the questions that follow.
(1) From the window of my hotel, the Egyptian city of Cairo looks chaotic and desolate. (2) Rectangular buildings of erratic heights from approximately 3 to 30 stories are crammed together. (3) Within this overwhelmingly brown cityscape, the occasional clothesline strung across a balcony appears minuscule and colorless. (4) On top of most of these mud-colored buildings, multiple satellite dishes of various circumferences look toward the same direction, like metal flowers moving their faces toward the sun. (5) Cairo is the largest city in Africa, with a population of 6.8 million within the city and an additional 10 million inhabitants in the surrounding metropolitan area. (6) In the midst of this deluge of brown rectangles and metal disks, the spherical dome of a bone-colored mosque is almost undetectable. (7) Behind the chaotic Cairo rooftops, a low brown ridge dominates the horizon. (8) Its cliff side bears the scars of mining, and its top has been planted with old antennas reaching toward the smoggy sky. (9) Overall, my view shows the marks of Cairo’s enormous population, but without the people themselves, it seems a brown and deserted wasteland.
What is the topic sentence of this descriptive paragraph? (Hint: A topic sentence for a descriptive paragraph provides an overall impression.)
1- (7) Behind the chaotic Cairo rooftops, a low brown ridge dominates the horizon.
2- (4) On top of most of these mud-colored buildings, multiple satellite dishes of various circumferences look toward the same direction, like metal flowers moving their faces toward the sun.
3- (1) From the window of my hotel, the Egyptian city of Cairo looks chaotic and desolate.
Which sentence does not clearly relate to and support the topic sentence?
1- (5) Cairo is the largest city in Africa, with a population of 6.8 million within the city and an additional 10 million inhabitants in the surrounding metropolitan area.
2- (2) Rectangular buildings of erratic heights from approximately 3 to 30 stories are crammed together.
3- (7) Behind the chaotic Cairo rooftops, a low brown ridge dominates the horizon.
What spatial order does the writer use?
1-Front to back
2- Back to front
3- Left to right
4- Right to left
What specific details support an overall impression made by the topic sentence? Check all that apply.
1- 3 to 30 stories
2- Low brown ridge
3- Scars of mining
4- Overall
5- Bone-colored mosque
