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8 Select the correct text in the passage. Read the excerpt. Which detail introduces the central idea that the two cyclists might be related? (14) "Left nothing behind, I hope," said the other, glancing back. "Hullo! There's a letter tumbled out of somebody's pocket in the stramash-yours or mine?" (15) It lay address upwards between them, and the taller of the two with a brief "Mine," picked it up and put it in his pocket. His companion stared at him. (16) "Look here," he said, holding out his hand. "You've made a mistake-that letter belongs to me--I'm Edward Cruttenden." (17) It was the other's turn to stare. "The deuce you are! Why!-my name is Edward Cruttenden!" (18) They stood thus staring at each other with a sudden dim sense of their own similarity, until the shorter of the two shook his head whimsically. (19) "This is confusing," he remarked in a tone of argument. "Let's sit down and have a pipe over it--we shall have to differentiate ourselves before we start out into the world together."..​

Answer 1

The detail that introduces the central idea that the two cyclists might be related is sentence 19 which is "This is confusing," he remarked in a tone of argument. "Let's sit down and have a pipe over it--we shall have to differentiate ourselves before we start out into the world together." Cycling, is also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers".

What is a theme?

In modern literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being is "what the work says about the subject".

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