Question

Read the passage from “Here is New York”. In the first paragraph, the author claims that there are actually 3 New Yorks. How does the author develop this claim?
If you were given the above prompt for a Constructed Response question, how long should your response be?

Question 3 options:

A sentence or two


A paragraph or two


At least 5 paragraphs

Answer 1

The answer can be a paragraph or two 

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is B. A paragraph or two  

Explanation:

In order to give supporting details for the claim that there are three New Yorks. The writer has to use more than two or three sentences. So, option A is not enough to give those details and with the last option, there would be wordy paragraphs that are not necessary. The most suitable answer is B, the writer could explain his claim with one or two paragraphs.