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Ed to be you identify them more easily
on by Robin Meriwether
1970 the skies over New England turned dark in the middle of the day
more than two hundred years New England's Dark Day had been shrouded in
ste Some blamed volcanoes. Some suggested supernatural events. Some
med it was a sign from the heavens. No one knew for certain what happened
Mar thought the mystery would never be solved
Researchers at the University of Missouri were fascinated by the case. They began
camining trees in all surrounding areas. Fire damage in a Canadian forest finally
revealed the truth. Scientists looked at burned tree rings and discovered that huge
wires once aged in the mountains near Ontario. The savage flames created
bankets of black smoke. The smoke traveled high into the atmosphere, darkening
the New England skies hundreds of miles away.
A student attempting to identify the main idea of paragraph two wrote the following sentence:
When researchers at the University of Missouri began examining trees in surrounding areas, fire
damage in a Canadian forest revealed that huge wildfires in the mountains near Ontario
darkened the New England skies hundreds of miles away.
Which sentence best describes the student's sentence? (4 points)
The student's sentence does not include enough information from the paragraph.
The student's sentence leaves out too many important details from the paragraph.
The student's sentence perfectly and properly captures the main idea of the
paragraph
The student's sentence shows the main idea but does not paraphrase the author's
words
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1970 the skies over New England...
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