Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. Which statement is a main idea of “The Most Famous Woman in America”?

A. Because she is a woman, Barton must fight to receive permission to treat the wounded on the battlefield.

B. Because she is so shy, Barton avoids public speaking engagements as much as possible.

C. After the Civil War, Barton quits nursing and tours the country giving speeches.

D. Barton’s skirt is pierced by enemy bullets, but this does not frighten her.

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.