Identify each passage as having either a directly stated main idea or an implied main idea. A recent report revealed that about
70 percent of American silent films
are lost. With the arrival of talking
films in the 1920s, silent films
became unprofitable. So film studios
threw away most of them. Some films
were saved, but many of them were
later lost in fires caused by the nitrate
in film reels. Several other films were
destroyed when they were recycled for
their metal content.
The planet Jupiter is almost entirely
made of gas and liquid. Although it is
more than 1,000 times larger than
Earth, there is barely any solid surface
to stand on. Jupiter’s atmosphere is
made up of hydrogen and helium. It
does not have much water. Plus, huge,
violent storms move across the planet.
directly stated main idea or implied main idea

Iam for the "immediate, unconditional, and universal" enfranchisement of the black man, in ev [loud applause.] without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slay liberty as a privilege, not as a right. he is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protec how does the repetition of the phrase "without this" support the paragraph's argument? it reinforces the idea that without equality in the us, the idea of a free society is a joke. it suggests that a free society is possible, with or without equal rights for all people. it indicates that douglass would be content without material possessions or status. it proposes that slavery will not be abolished in the us without the support of all citizens.

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of