The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- Relying on narrative structure alone, indigenous significances of nineteenth century San folktales are hard to determine.
- Using their supernatural potency, benign shamans transcend the levels of the San cosmos in order to deal with social conflict and to protect material resources and enjoy a measure of respect that sets them apart from ordinary people.
- Selected tales reveal that they deal with a form of spiritual conflict that has social implications and concern conflict between people and living or dead malevolent shamans.
- Meaning can be elicited, and the tales contextualized, by probing beneath the narrative of verbatim, original-language records and exploring the connotations of highly significant words and phrases.
The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the numbers as your answer.
- Relying on narrative structure alone, indigenous significances of nineteenth century San folktales are hard to determine.
- Using their supernatural potency, benign shamans transcend the levels of the San cosmos in order to deal with social conflict and to protect material resources and enjoy a measure of respect that sets them apart from ordinary people.
- Selected tales reveal that they deal with a form of spiritual conflict that has social implications and concern conflict between people and living or dead malevolent shamans.
- Meaning can be elicited, and the tales contextualized, by probing beneath the narrative of verbatim, original-language records and exploring the connotations of highly significant words and phrases.
Entered answer:
Solution
From passage: Sentence 1 sets up a problem - "indigenous significances of nineteenth century San folktales are hard to determine" when relying only on narrative structure.
The thought process: Start with the broadest statement -> then look for solution -> then specific findings -> then details
Step-by-step logic:
- Sentence 1 = Problem statement (most general)
- Sentence 4 = Solution to that problem
- Sentence 3 = What the solution reveals
- Sentence 2 = Details about shamans mentioned in 3
Connection Analysis:
1→4: Sentence 1 says significance is "hard to determine" → Sentence 4 explains how meaning "can be elicited" by probing deeper
4→3: Sentence 4 talks about probing beneath narratives → Sentence 3 shows what "selected tales reveal" when you do this probing
3→2: Sentence 3 mentions "malevolent shamans" → Sentence 2 describes shamans and their powers in detail
From passage: "Selected tales reveal that they deal with a form of spiritual conflict...concerning conflict between people and living or dead malevolent shamans" flows into describing what shamans actually do.
The sequence 1432 creates a clear logical progression: Problem → Solution → Discovery → Elaboration.
Any other sequence would break this natural flow from general problem to specific details about shamans.