[1] the 1992 olympic games took place in barcelona, spain. [2] this marked the first year that professional basketball players were permitted to represent their countries in the games. [3] previously, only amateur players were allowed to participate such as college athletes. [4] the us squad was called “the dream team” because it consisted of some of the best players in the history of the game, including michael jordan, magic johnson, and larry bird. which sentence should be revised to improve this paragraph’s sentence fluency? sentence 1 sentence 2 sentence 3 sentence 4
not the first sentence

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir