Select the correct answer. Which of the following is NOT a strategy for paraphrasing a text?
OA.
Read and reread the original passage until the full meaning is understood.
OB. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you intend using this material.
ОС.
Summarize the main points of the original passage to be included in the paraphrase.

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the simple past tense of strive.

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the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.