Analyzing the Development of Central Ideas in Informational Text - Quiz - Level H In the third section, how does the author support the
central idea?
CENTRAL IDEA:
SUPPORTING IDEA:
In the United States, the right to a fair
To understand the importance of a fair trial in
trial is an important civil liberty that has
the United States, a person should know what
several elements that protect citizens.
trials are like in other countries.
by comparing and contrasting trials in the United States
to trials in other countries
by giving details about the effects of unfair trials in
countries other than the United States
by explaining how having different numbers of people on
a jury can affect a fair trial
by giving examples of the changes that have taken place
in the Chinese legal system
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Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt