Hello. I know you've already provided the answer. I'd like to confirm it and offer further explanation.
Answer:
The statement that best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph is:
2. America is a united country despite its cultural differences.
Explanation:
The paragraph we are analyzing here is an excerpt from the article "A Quilt of a Country", by author Anna Quindlen. Quindlen discusses how America is interestingly contradictory.
Just like a quilt, America is a result of dissimilar parts all patched together. All kinds of people, having to live in such close proximity, end up addressing one another with prejudice and even hatred. However, in spite of these differences and unlike other countries, America remains united. In the excerpt, the author mentions different groups and how they are frequently "on the verge of fisticuffs". Still, they are "impossibly interwoven". Therefore, the cultural differences may make things a bit more difficult, but they do not break this nation apart.
Answer: You can always predict who will die in genre movies. In animated movies, it will be the mother; in horror movies, the pretty girl; and in war movies, the fresh-faced farm boy.
Explanation:
Semicolons are used to form lists!
For example: The Council is comprised of ten members: three from Sydney, Australia; four from Auckland, New Zealand; two from Suva, Fiji; and one from Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Semicolons are used to separate ideas, so in the second option, it wouldn't make sense to separate the genre of the movie from the person since it's still part of the same idea. Hope this helps :)
Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth and despises her. She thinks she is bitter and cold. She wants her to die so she can marry John instead of her.
Mr. Tillian's candy and nut store.
