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quiz: summary and paraphrase 1 comprehension strategies
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which sentence is true about the main idea of a text?
mmary and paraphrase
in a paragraph, the main idea will differ from the topic sentence.
2. summary and
aphrase
identifying the main idea can make it difficult to figure out what a text is about.
ence
main ideas are always directly stated in narrative texts.
inference
the main idea is the primary point of a plece of writing.
support

Based on thoreau's transcendental beliefs, why might he have written an essay opposing the war? to explain the individual's responsibilities within a corrupt society to begin his own political career to call attention to the ways in which the government was essentially good to express his lack of interest in societal issues

Why witchcraft often the explanation for illness

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.