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The central idea of a text is the main subject to which the text is addressing. It is the theme to which the author wishes to pass on reflection and reasoning. You will only be able to identify this idea with a complete reading of the passage to which your question refers, but you will be able to identify these ideas by the subject that the characters are addressing in their actions and speeches.
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C. “She was... a <u>chameleon lady</u> who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men's coveralls, but <u>after</u> her five o'clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in <u>magisterial beauty</u>."
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