Finding main ideas and details in informational text - quiz. level e
question 8
read it!
which sentence best states the main idea of paragraph 9?
a). people should not fear space weather
because violent events are rare and
space is vast.
paragraph: : if you're tempted to worry about
space weather, just keep two facts
in mind. first, violent space weather
is unusual. solar flores and cmes
are fairly rare. second, space is vast.
most cmes miss earth entirely. even
those that reach us will have spread
out by the time they get here, like
smoke spreads out from a fire.
space weather might be important
to keep an eye on, but it's the
weather here on earth that matters
most when you go outside.
b). earthly weather has many dangerous
effects that people should worry about.
c). people can ignore the negative effects of
space weather because there is nothing
to worry about.
d). most cmes never reach earth, and those
that do usually spread out by the time
they get here.

Article one: the new york tribune from december 5, 1859on leaving the jail, john brown had on his face an expression of calmness andserenity characteristic of the patriot who is about to die with a living consciousnessthat he is laying his life down for the good of his fellow as he stepped outof the door a black woman, with her little child in her arms, stood near his way. thetwain were of the despised race for whose emancipation and elevation to the dignityof children of god he was about to lay down his he stopped for a moment in hiscourse, stooped over, and with the tenderness of one whose love is as broad as thebrotherhood of man, kissed [the child) affectionately.article two: the cincinnati enquirer from december 3, 1859we rejoice that old brown has been hung. he was not only a murderer of innocentpersons, but he attempted one of the greatest crimes against society-the stirring upof a servile and civil war. he has paid the penalty for his crimes, and we hope his fatemay be a warning to all who might have felt inclined to imitate his aggressive conduct.now it is your turn. you need to synthesize the two articles mentioned above into one or two paragraphs. you may lookat the synthesized paragraphs above for an example, but your paragraph should be different. remember to follow theprocess hints mentioned earlier in this lesson.iuflad