The one that presents a main idea is number (3) "Fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways".
<u>The main idea of a paragraph states the primary point that the author wants to express and transmit to the reader</u>. Generally, the main idea is announced in a single sentence and this sentence is usually located at the beginning of a paragraph. In the case of the paragraph provided,<u> sentence 3) is the one that contains the main idea because it encompasses all the supporting details that are included in the rest of the sentences</u>. In other words, sentences 1), 2), 4), 5), 6) and 7) provide supporting information for the main point stated in sentence 3).
<em>Tania let her borrow the ipad, but she asked her to be careful </em>is a compound sentences because of the use of 'but'. Whenever you use <em>but, and </em>or <em>so</em> in a sentence, you are writing or stating a compound sentence since you are joining with such conjunction two independent clauses.
I dont understand the wording, is this a translation or is it straight from the test?
Grendel
Grendel is a 1971 novel by American author John Gardner. It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel.
