Read the following passage:

i planned to meet eliza and dominic at the library to study for our u. s. history exam. i arrived first, so i started to study before them. unfortunately, neither showed up. the next day, we took the test and i think i did really well. eliza and dominic were not as confident as i was.

which word or phrase most effectively connects the topics in the passage to make the story coherent?

a. not as confident
b. unfortunately
c. the next day
d. planned to meet

C. The next day

Explanation:

Coherence is achieved when every sentence, and every phrase contribute to the meaning of the whole paragraph, and are clearly related to each other, that is to say, when there is paragraph unity. In the excerpt, without the phrase "The next day", the sentence "we took the test and I think I did really well" would seem detached from the other sentence as it would not indicate the sequence of the events, and the passage would lack focus.

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