Correct 1.
What is the difference between an objective plot summary and a theme-based summary?
1. One includes the reader’s opinions about how interesting the story is while the other merely lists plot events.
2. One arranges plot events in chronological order while the other describes them in reverse.
3. One focuses only on the story’s plot while the other explains what the story reveals or suggests about life.
4. One retells the story from the perspective of the narrator while the other describes events as a reader who is not involved in the story.

Answer is 3

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3.
Read the paragraph and look for textual evidence that supports its main idea: People are affected by what they view.

Oxfam cited a survey of 2,000 people conducted by marketing research company YouGov, suggesting three fifths of people have become less sensitive towards footage containing persons suffering from such problems as drought, disease and hunger, while 23% avoid looking at footage of this nature upon sighting it. Oxfam said the way in which broadcast media portrays developing nations, including those in Africa, was perceived to be "depressing, manipulative and hopeless" by those surveyed. [Barbara] Stocking [CEO of Oxfam] believes "it’s a natural instinct to turn away from suffering when you feel you can do nothing to alleviate it."

What evidence from the paragraph shows that some people may have seen too much upsetting video about those in peril?
1. It says a survey of 2,000 people was conducted.
2. It says that Oxfam’s CEO says it is natural instinct to turn away from suffering.
3. It infers that people can’t do anything about much of the suffering of others.
4. It says 23% of people avoid looking at footage of that nature upon sighting it.

Answer is 4

Read the excerpt below, looking for the parts that would be included in a summary.

On a beautiful 390-acre estate on the rural outskirts of Hopewell, New Jersey, Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne hoped to stay out of the constant glare of the media spotlight in the years following the aviator’s historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

Which phrase below would always be included in a summary of the paragraph?
1. constant glare of the media
2. a beautiful 390-acre estate
3. Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne
4. the years following

Answer is 3


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