English, 12.03.2020 22:08, khloenm309

24.
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Benjamin Franklin's Legacy
Benjamin Franklin was a man of vision. He was an inventor who created bifocals, a new kind of eyeglasses that people still wear to see
better. Benjamin Franklin was also concerned about public welfare. He established the United States Postal Service and the first city
hospital in America. In Philadelphia, he organized the police department, the fire department, the public library, and a university. He also
helped write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Today, millions of people benefit from the ideas that Benjamin Franklin
had more than two hundred years ago.
What is the role of the underlined sentence in this paragraph?
It is a statistic that serves as a supporting detail.
It is an example that serves as a supporting detail.
It is the topic sentence.
It is a summarizing sentence.
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24.
Read the passage.
Benjamin Franklin's Legacy
Benjamin Franklin was a man of vi...