The correct answer is B) deciding on the scope of the topic.
<em>The task that is part of narrowing down a subject paper is deciding on the scope of the topic. </em>
It is very important for the writer to know the extension and the variables of the topic it is going to write about. Knowing the scope of the topic means that the writer limits the information to what is necessary and important for the reader to know. This way the writer will know what data or information to include that is important for the comprehension of the topic and what is not. This is the way to ensure that the information is clear, specific and to the point.
C. I actually read that for a Literature class I took this past semester in college. :) It was a great book, by the way.
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"I lived in the first century of world wars" is the opening line of "Poem" by Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) an American poet and political activist. Her best-known poems are about social justice, equality and feminism. Her choice of words establishes her anti-war theme and her efforts to oppose war through her poetry: "Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of those men and women, Brave, setting up signals across vast distances, Considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values." She felt her poetry, which would outlive her, would be a message to those "unseen and unborn" who could work to promote peace and justice. "We would try by any means To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves, To let go the means, to wake." Here Rukeyser was passing on the baton, as it were, to the generations "beyond ourselves" in the hope that they would be more purposeful peacemakers.
