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Which of the following sentences, if added by the author to the end of Paragraph 3, would serve to close that paragraph most effectively?


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Okay Aspiring test taking people Yeah that's what colony Next

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up Seven to twelve Which of the following sentences if

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added by the author to the end of paragraph three

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would serve to close that paragraph most effectively All right

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so paragraph threes right here I didn't speak any spanish

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first cousin and your blue flu and everything happen in

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slow motion A little coast town where the only foreigner

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in town Well when it's really nicely with open arms

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nobody was in hurry Nobody was stressed or anxious Everything

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was relaxed and easy Okay so what sentence concludes this

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If we look at these thieves guys right here in

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the first section what would put a nice ribbon on

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this one This lovely little town Well paragraph three describes

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the author's perceptions of the local culture in the town

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of panama where they lived And the next paragraph goes

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into the author's daily activities Right What we're looking for

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a sense that bridges the two topics The best answer

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choice should touch on a main theme in paragraph three

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So what is that thing And anticipate what the author

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will discuss in the following paragraphs Right way See all

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of that in eh I grew to appreciate how people

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took time to enjoy the little things around them That's

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pretty nice isn't it Yeah b is kind of negative

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I wasn't used to help slow thing for it first

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you know kind of a thing to say and then

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see was very weird to me at first that nobody

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was stressed out about anything that's just awkward and weird

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And then d people were very nice to us He

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has fine but it's just not enough meat on the

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bone emotionally So that's it So the answer is a

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i grew appreciate how people took time to enjoy the

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little things around them And if we wish we did

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more of that It's mum here in in our dallas 00:01:48.243 --> [endTime] office you know

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