Thesis statement: Drive-through facilities, while innovative, have had a negative impact on American society.


I. Uniformity of culture

APervasiveness of national franchises

B______

II. De-personalization of relationships

APharmacies

BBanks

III. Sacrifice of quality for convenience

AFood/drink establishments

  1. Fast-food restaurants

  2. Coffee shops

BReligious institutions

Which of the following would best complete the missing piece of the outline?

ALocal businesses lost
BLosing local businesses
CLoss of local businesses
DTo lose local businesses

Verified Answer :

C loss of local businesses

Answer: C) Loss of local businesses.

Explanation: In the given thesis statement we can see the argument that drive-through facilities have had a negative impact on American society, and then we have a list of categories in which the drive-through facilities have had an impact, each category is followed by a list of elements written in the same grammatical structure. So as the first category contains the sentence "Pervasiveness of national franchises" and pervasiveness is a noun, we should pick the option with the same structure which is "loss of local businesses."