Summarizing Central Ideas in The Dark Game, Part 1- QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS

Summarizing Central Ideas in The Dark Game, Part 1- QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS What is the central idea of the first paragraph of The Dark Game? - correct answer-The Civil War lasted longer than people at first expected it to last. In The Dark Game, how does the author develop the central idea that Elizabeth Van Lew was a spymaster during the Civil War? - correct answer-by including details about the work that Van Lew did Which detail should be included in a summary of Elizabeth Van Lew's role as a spymaster during the Civil War? - correct answer-Her home was used as a safe house. How does the first paragraph of The Dark Game best support the central idea that the Civil War was a long war? - correct answer-It shares the detail that the war lasted four years. Which best completes this summary of the first paragraph of The Dark Game? In 1861, many did not believe the Civil War would last long; however, - correct answer-the fighting lasted four years A good summary of an informational text must - correct answer-state, in the student's own words, only the most important ideas. Read this paragraph from The Dark Game. But Elizabeth wanted to do more than simply minister and comfort the wounded. A Unionist, believing in "one nation . . . indivisible," she needed to do more. When she learned of Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, she felt, in the words of one historian, "profoundly betrayed." She believed that the secessionists did not represent the majority of the citizens of Virginia. She was compelled to act in any way she could to help repair a nation torn apart. Which detail belongs in a good summary of this paragraph? - correct answer-Elizabeth wanted to help put the nation back together.