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Here's your shmoop du jour... La passage, ooh la la!

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Pause and review, if you think it might help...

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Where would be the BEST place to put the following sentence?

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Roosevelt also knew how to appeal to the American people, conducting fireside chats and comforting

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the nation after the attack on Pearl Harbor

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And here are the potential answers:

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Ok, what is this question asking?

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It wants to know if we can figure out where to stick a sentence and have it make... sense.

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Really, the only way to do that is to imagine sticking it after each sentence indicated

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by the answer choices, and see which one hits home.

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After sentence 1? Sentence 1 is really just kind of a general bio for Roosevelt... not

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much to do with his dealings with the American people...

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After sentence 3? Sounds about right.

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We're talking about how he inspired millions... so it seems like a good fit. Let's check

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out our other options and see if there's a better one...

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After sentence 5? Again, just a bit of a brag... not really on point...

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What about after sentence 6?

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Still too vague and not specific enough. Our best option here is definitely B.

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As in, "Best fit."

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