The answer is A. how do the parts of the text relate to the whole?
Answer:
The author describes how people came from “England, Ireland, the German and Russian empires, and Scandinavian countries—to escape famine, political and economic oppression, or in search for greater opportunities in America.”
This detail shapes the idea because it lists European countries that the people came from and explains several reasons why they left for America.
Explanation:
The above is the best way to organize the sentences to express how the author develops a central idea in the passage.
This is correct because it stated a line from the excerpt that points to the central idea. It was from this line that the idea of the passage can be seen. Also, this line of detail contributes to shaping the idea. Therefore, the above arrangement is correct.
The definition of synthesis was s D. Writing that brings ideas together to make the material meaningful for an audience
though I can't be sure without seeing the passage first, I presume its option C) "she has a right", because it has the most assertive and passionate tone as far as I can tell.
Do you mean texts or tests?
