Which details are essential to an objective summary of this excerpt? check all that apply.

douglass was a strong supporter of women's rights.
douglass staunchly advocated for the abolition of slavery.
douglass bravely ran a newspaper that supported his causes.
douglass became friends with elizabeth cady stanton in seneca falls.
douglass was a very intelligent man who gave inspiring speeches.
douglass was a person who had escaped from slavery.

The correct answers are: A, B and D.

These three sentences form an objective summary of the passage. They explain that Douglass was an African American who escaped slavery, became an abolitionist and defended women's rights.

Although C and E are also true, they include personal opinions, which make them subjective sentences, and therefore are not useful for this summary.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

um, what am i suppose to answer here? it just said that he will studied hared because of a grade in spanish.