Explanation:
The Lost Generation was the social generational cohort that came of age during World War I. "Lost" in this context refers to the "disoriented, wandering, directionless" spirit of many of the war's survivors in the early postwar period.
The correct subordinating conjunction is "yet" and the sentence is completed as follows:
Mandy practiced karate every day, yet she failed to beat her final opponent.
The word "yet" is a subordinating conjunction that means "nevertheless" or "however", it is associated with negative statements in order to mention that an event did not take place.
In this sentence, it explains that even though Mandy had practiced she did not beat her opponent.
<span>B. The citizens did not identify themselves by their ethnicity as did the rest of the country.</span>
Answer:
b. They are the most important ideas in a text.
d. They are supported by details.
e. They can be explicitly stated or implied.
The central ideas of a text are those that are most important. The rest of the text is built around these main ideas. Main ideas also tend to be supported by details which expand on their information and claims. Finally, main ideas can be either explicitly stated or implied, without altering their importance and relevance to the text.