Read this passage from helen nicolay's the boys' life of abraham lincoln:

abraham lincoln's forefathers were pioneers—men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. for one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first american lincoln came from england to massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest. . back in pennsylvania and new jersey some of the lincolns had been men of wealth and influence. in kentucky, where the future president was born on february 12, 1809, his parents lived in deep poverty. their home was a small log cabin of the rudest kind, and nothing seemed more unlikely than that their child, coming into the world in such humble surroundings, was destined to be the greatest man of his time.

2which statement best provides an objective summary of the passage?

a. abraham lincoln became a great man who navigate the united states through one of its most difficult events: the civil war.
b. abraham lincoln's humble origins are often exaggerated to reinforce the idea that he embodied the american dream.
c. abraham lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was born into circumstances that made it seem unlikely that he would become president.
d. abraham lincoln's forefathers left their homes to "open up the wilderness" and clear the way for other settlers to follow them.

c)

Explanation:

Despite his complicated situation, coming from his ancestors, he was a great man, who made his history of life and the history of a nation, and that despite being born in a small and poor wooden hut, the circumstances did not hinder its growth. The end of the paragraph translates that poverty has not prevented him from becoming the man he was.

The correct answer is C. Abraham Lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was born into circumstances that made it seem unlikely that he would become president.

Explanation:

To summarize means you briefly state the main points or ideas of a text, film, presentation, etc. In the case of the passage presented, the author explains Lincoln's ancestors were pioneers because they left their homes in England and moved to Massachusetts in 1638, also, before Abraham Lincoln some of his forefathers were important. Despite this, Abraham Lincoln was born and grew up in poverty, and due to this, it seemed unlikely he could become so important.

According to this, the more important points is that first Abraham Lincoln descended from pioners and second that his circumstances made him unlikely to be important. Thus, the statement that best summarizes the text is " Abraham Lincoln came from a family of pioneers and was born into circumstances that made it seem unlikely that he would become president".

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.