Question

Read the excerpt from a speech to the school board about the art department. Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human. So many things try to push their way into being more important. We need to refocus ourselves and reevaluate our priorities. We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer. Everyone thinks that art class is just fun and games. We always think that we need to prioritize everything else first. But it is everything else that will suffer when we lack art and beauty in our lives. Which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? Select two options.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) "Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human."

B) "We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer."

Explanation:

In the given excerpt from the speech, the speaker talks about the importance of the art department. In the speech, the speaker also talks about why he thinks it is important not only important for academic life but also for life as well.

For the summarized version, the two sentences most appropriate to be included are

"Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human"

and

"We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer."

Thus, the correct answers are options A and B.