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First, let's go over your question to find what we're looking for.
<span>Randy is trying to determine the central idea of an informational text. What question should he ask himself?
The bolded words are what we are looking for. This question is asking us, "In order to find the central(main) idea of an informational text, what should be asked in order to find it?"
Now that we know that let's read over the answer choices! Remember we are looking for the central(main idea) for an INFORMATIONAL TEXT!
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A.) Where does the text take place?
-Though this is informational, I don't see what this has to do with the main idea of the text. This is incorrect.
B.)What is the main message of the text?
-This is asking what the main message of the text is. Which, sounds an awful lot like what we are looking for. This is your answer!
C.) What is the author’s attitude toward his or her topic?
-Emotion of the text should not matter here, since we are looking for the central idea of an informational text so C is incorrect.
D.)What examples of the topic does the author include?
</span><span>-Why would we need examples when trying to determine the central idea? This is incorrect.
Your answer is B! </span>
I believe the answer is false. hope that helped
The correct answer is B.
The first two sentences are establishing characteristic shared by both petroleum and coal. The word "however" is used to contrast the similarities already presented with the differences that will be stated in the following sentences.
Hi. You did not submit the text this question refers to. This makes it impossible for your question to be answered. However, when searching for your question on the internet, I was able to find another question just like yours, which had the text that is attached below. Also, show the words in bold, which in the case of the text, are underlined. In that case, I hope the answer below can help you.
Answer:
Annoyance: the author is pointing out a likely reason for the "guests" to come
Explanation:
A connotative meaning refers to a subjunctive meaning, not literal and different from the real meaning of the word, but associated with the context to which it refers, within the text. In the case of the expression "casual acquaintances" presented in the text shown below, we can interpret that this expression shows a connotative meaning of annoyance, where the author shows the presence of uninvited people who did not have the requested presence.
