1. The topic sentence in the passage is underlined as follows: "Quilt making has ... expression for women."
- The topic sentence discusses the role of quilt making in enabling women to self-express themselves.
2. The material that does not clarify or develop the central idea is: "They used dyed cotton fabrics ...; surprisingly, ... years."
- This statement has no relevance to the topic sentence. It digresses from the main topic to discuss the materials used for quilting instead of concentrating on the social, political, and artistic significance that quilting generates for women, as captured in the topic sentence.
Thus, the topic sentence captures the main idea of the passage. Other sentences help to develop and support the main idea.
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<span>B) The text structure is problem and solution; the words safest and causing indicate this.</span>
The end of Hamlet's life held one purpose: to his father's murder. Unfortunately, this vengeance also cost him his own life, as well as the lives of Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, and his mother Gertrude. We must try to remember Hamlet as he was before his father's death: a diligent student and a leader of his people. Towards the end, as a sickness began to consume him, he lost some of the presence he once had, but he never lost the support of his people. We can all take comfort in the fact the struggles in his mind are now at an end.
