This is the paragraph:
Americans owe a great debt to Longfellow because he was among the first of American writers to use native themes. Columbus called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he had landed in the Indies. He wrote about the American scene and landscape, the American Indian ('Song of Hiawatha'), and American history and tradition ('The Courtship of Miles Standish', 'Paul Revere's Ride', 'Evangeline').
Is it:
A.) Americans owe a great debt to Longfellow because he was among the first of American writers to use native themes.
B.) He wrote about the American scene and landscape, the American Indian ('Song of Hiawatha'), and American history and tradition ('The Courtship of Miles Standish', 'Paul Revere's Ride', 'Evangeline').
C.) Columbus called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he had landed in the Indies.
2006-10-30 04:47:57 · 13 answers · asked by Devon R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
its (A) because the paragraph is about Columbus
2006-10-30 04:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
Read the paragraph 3 times-each time omitting each sentence and see which one can be taken out and not take from the overall meaning of the paragraph.
Do you see how the sentence "...he wrote about....." just naturally flows with the first sentence???? And how the sentence regarding Columbus has nothing to do with Longfellow?
2006-10-30 05:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by Hestia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B)He wrote about the American scene and landscape, the American Indian ('Song of Hiawatha'), and American history and tradition ('The Courtship of Miles Standish', 'Paul Revere's Ride', 'Evangeline').
2006-10-30 04:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by amy_roslaily 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A. The first sentence is about Longfellow. The rest of the paragraph is about Columbus
2006-10-30 04:54:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
C. The paragraph is about Longfellow, not Columbus!
2006-10-30 05:03:08 · answer #5 · answered by startwinkle05 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would go for C.
If you could omit any sentance, then ditch that one.
The first (a) is about longfellow, the second is about longfellows works (b) but the third is simply about why indians are called indians.
2006-10-30 04:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by HP 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A) because it does not agree with the rest of the paragraph which was clearly talking about columbus and his escapades removing either B or C would give the paragraph no meaning clearly showing there is a missing link.I hope you get my point. Thanks
2006-10-30 05:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by wales4u_14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C it has nothing to do with Longfellow's writing
2006-10-30 04:51:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's "c" because it has nothing to do with Longfellow
2006-10-30 04:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by Mila 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
C. That has nothing to do with the rest of the paragraph.
2006-10-30 04:55:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋