What purpose does the prologue serve in the text? Romeo and Juliet

You suspect that this article has left out some facts that might lead the reader to believe that someone else made the star-spangled banner. what is the best way to verify this? by consulting a variety of sources by disregarding the article entirely by writing a letter to the editor of the publication that printed the article by reading various historical accounts by verifying the opinions

American history (is, are) studying the american colonies.

What steps best a reader determine the central idea of a text? select three options.