Which two methods can a reader use to identify the main idea of a text? look for a common point among all sentences. look for a sentence that states the main idea. analyze the vocabulary used in the text. figure out the target audience of the text.

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s