Question

Read the excerpt below from Interview with Marielle Tsukamoto and answer the question that follows.

I want people to know that she was a great teacher who loved her family and her country. She had the courage to speak out and do something about the injustice. She worked hard to pass redress. When a group of people feel they have been treated unfairly by the government, the US Constitution guarantees you the right to redress the government. The Japanese Americans did that and because the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed by Congress, our constitution is strong again. It was weakened by Executive Order 9066 when President Roosevelt ordered 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans into internment camps. Mary Tsukamoto always took the initiative to follow her beliefs. She was a respected author (she wrote the book, We the People, a Story of Internment in America), a political activist and someone who worked for world peace. She was selected by the California State Senate as a Notable Californian.


What should you examine to find the main idea in the paragraph?

A. the interviewer’s purpose and style of questions
B. the topic, medium, and supporting sentences
C. the interviewee’s purpose and type of responses
D. the main idea of the previous paragraph

Answer 1

I say B cuz the supporting sentences are supporting the main idea

Answer 2

The best answer is letter "B. the topic, medium, and supporting sentences".

Step-by-step explanation:

The main idea of a text is usually expressed with a clear statement in which is possible to identify the topic of conversation and/or interview/lecture/discourse. The medium is also important because it provides the kind of ideas expressed, whether they are formal or not, for example. Moreover, the supporting sentences are responsible for making the main statement a true one, as their function is to provide evidence and more context to the main idea.