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SIZIF [17.4K]
1 year ago
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What is the first step in determining the central idea of an informational text?

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Artemon [7]1 year ago
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The first step in determining the central idea of an informational text is to identify who or what the author is writing about.
Sedaia [141]1 year ago
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The answer is c because to determine the central idea you would have to make a sentence that states the info
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