Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- His idea to use sign language was not a completely new idea as Native Americans used hand gestures to communicate with other tribes.
- Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, for example, observed that men who are deaf are incapable of speech.
- People who were born deaf were denied the right to sign a will as they were “presumed to understand nothing; because it is not possible that they have been able to learn to read or write.”
- Pushback against this prejudice began in the 16th century when Pedro Ponce de León created a formal sign language for the hearing impaired.
- For millennia, people with hearing impairments encountered marginalization because it was believed that language could only be learned by hearing the spoken word.
Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- His idea to use sign language was not a completely new idea as Native Americans used hand gestures to communicate with other tribes.
- Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, for example, observed that men who are deaf are incapable of speech.
- People who were born deaf were denied the right to sign a will as they were “presumed to understand nothing; because it is not possible that they have been able to learn to read or write.”
- Pushback against this prejudice began in the 16th century when Pedro Ponce de León created a formal sign language for the hearing impaired.
- For millennia, people with hearing impairments encountered marginalization because it was believed that language could only be learned by hearing the spoken word.
Entered answer:
Solution
Step 1: Find the main theme -> All sentences talk about hearing impaired people, but let us see which story flows better.
Step 2: Look for connecting words -> Sentence 4 says "this prejudice" - what prejudice? It must refer to something mentioned before.
Step 3: Build the logical flow:
- Sentence 5 -> talks about marginalization of hearing impaired people
- Sentence 3 -> gives a specific example of this marginalization (denied rights)
- Sentence 4 -> "Pushback against this prejudice" -> refers to the denial in sentence 3
- Sentence 1 -> "His idea" -> refers to Pedro Ponce de León from sentence 4
From passage: "Pushback against this prejudice began in the 16th century when Pedro Ponce de León created a formal sign language for the hearing impaired."
Thought process: Sentence 5 (general problem) -> Sentence 3 (specific example) -> Sentence 4 (solution starts) -> Sentence 1 (more details about solution)
Why sentence 2 is the odd one out:
🔴 Sentence 2 -> context-shift -> talks about Aristotle's observation about deaf people being "incapable of speech" but this doesn't fit the flow about rights, prejudice, and solutions
The other 4 sentences tell a complete story: Problem (marginalization) -> Example (denied rights) -> Solution begins (Pedro's work) -> Background info (Native Americans used gestures too)
Sentence 2 is more about a philosophical observation rather than the rights-based narrative that flows through the other sentences.
Answer: 2