Question

Excerpt adapted from Telling All Americans’ Stories: Introduction to European Heritage

Answer 1

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.