Question

UNIT IV — Arrange the sentences to form the best-ordered paragraph.
(i) She will be right about three—curiosity, freckles, and doubt—but wrong about love.
(ii) “Four of the things I’d be better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.”
(iii) Love is indispensable in life.
(iv) So wrote Dorothy Parker, the American writer.

• A. ii, i, iii, iv
• B. iv, i, iii, ii
• C. ii, iii, i, i
• D. iii, i, iv, ii

Hint:

When a set includes a \textbf{thesis}, a \textbf{comment on another’s view}, an \textbf{attribution}, and a \textbf{quote}, a natural flow is: thesis $\rightarrow$ comment $\rightarrow$ identify the quoted author $\rightarrow$ give the quote.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1 (Set the author’s stance): Sentence (iii) presents the writer’s thesis — {love is indispensable}. This primes the reader to expect a contrast with someone who undervalues love.
Step 2 (State the evaluation of “her” view): Sentence (i) now comments: “{She} will be right about three … but wrong about {love},” directly engaging with the thesis in (iii). The pronoun “she” points to a specific author to be identified next.
Step 3 (Identify the author referenced): Sentence (iv) names the source — {Dorothy Parker}. The transitional phrasing “{So wrote…}” neatly introduces the actual quotation to follow.
Step 4 (Present the quotation): Sentence (ii) then provides Parker’s exact words listing the four things she’d be better without, which justifies the judgment in (i) and the stance in (iii).
Why not others? Starting with the quotation leaves the reader without the writer’s stance; placing (iv) before (i) gives the attribution before the commentary, but without the thesis (iii) the paragraph lacks focus. The sequence iii $\rightarrow$ i $\rightarrow$ iv $\rightarrow$ ii delivers (thesis $\rightarrow$ evaluation $\rightarrow$ attribution $\rightarrow$ evidence).