1. In the article, "Fear is Simple and Profound," the statement that best expresses the central idea is: B. "fear keeps us from trusting the great mystery within ourselves."
2. Another central idea of the passage is C. Trust
3. The speaker's purpose in the transcript is D. To explain how the transformation of a caterpillar is similar to overcoming fear.
4. The rhetorical strategy that the speaker uses to communicate her purpose is A. Metaphor
What is the central idea?
The central idea of this passage is that fear is simple and profound and the statement that supports it is that fear keeps us from trusting ourselves. It keeps us from going beyond our comfort zone.
To achieve the purpose of the passage, the author used metaphor to compare the feeling of fear in humans to the changes that a caterpillar undergoes. So, the speaker encourages readers to build trust in themselves.