Answer: state the central idea in your own words
Explanation:
The option to take when summarizing a text is to state the central idea in your own words.
It is important that the person should make sure that he or she understand the text. Then, the main ideas in the text will be selected and written in the person's own words.
Hi! I’m taking U. S. History Honors in the 9th grade and we just reviewed this for the EOC!
The Constitutional Convention was necessary because the Articles of Confederation could not be revised or amended due to the fact that Rhode Island refused to send delegates. A unanimous decision was needed to make any amends to the government under the Articles of Confederation so the delegates decided to form a new government. The men all agreed that the federal government was weak under the Articles of Confederation because the Americans who made it were afraid of a strong central government due to the unjust oppression that Britain put upon them as colonies. The delegates at the constitutional convention were both afraid that people were going to believe they were overthrowing their current government and determined to make changes to benefit their nation to preserve their fledgling country. They made sure to draft a constitution that had both a strong central government and a bill of rights (this was to appease anti-federalists who were afraid the new government would be too controlling or become corrupt) so the government could never take away what they termed “unalienable rights”.

In the book, Helping Children Succeed, the author had emphasized the two central ideas of the story which is perseverance and chasing your dreams.
<span>Kawauna was able to achieve her goals because she had a solid foundation of what she wants. She didn’t let others decide for her future. She chose to decide on what kind of future she wants to have. She didn’t only study, but she was not afraid to ask for the things that she is not sure of. She was not hesitant to ask help, and she was willing to go an extra mile to learn. </span>
It was Ahab's obsession with the past.