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(1) studies done in the 1930s in new guinea by the social scientist margaret mead show that not all cultures share our views of the differences between the sexes. (2) the mountain people called the arapesh, for example, do not think men and women are different in temperament. (3) they expect both sexes to be equally gentle, home-loving, and what we would call “maternal” in their relations with others. (4) the neighboring mundugumor people, by contrast, are as fierce as the arapesh are gentle. (5) men and women are equally “macho,” paying less attention to their children than to plotting for power and position. (6) a third tribe, the tchambuli, do believe the sexes are different in temperament, but their sex roles are the reverse of ours. (7) tchambuli women are the practical, hard-headed providers, while the men of the tribe spend their days beautifying themselves and looking for approval from the women.

q. how many major details are in this paragraph?

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

The correct answer is B.

The main idea of the text is that not all cultures consider sex differences as we do. There are three major details in this paragraph that support this idea:

The first one is that the Arapesh people believe that men and women are equal in temperament.

The second one is that, for Mundugumor people, men and women are equally as fierce.

And the first one is on the Tchambuli tribe, men and women have different temperaments and the sex roles are interchanged.

b. Three

The major details support the topic sentence or main idea of the paragraph. In this paragraph the narrator is trying to show how not all cultures share our views of the differences between sexes. In order to best prove this the narrator's major details should be about different cultures. The first major detail is about the Arapesh. The second is about the Mundugumor people. The third is about the Tchambali. Since there are three cultures represented, there are three major details. The sentences after each one further explain how the information relates to the topic sentence.

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."