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English, 05.05.2020 03:56 jvontaemyles14

Read the sentences from the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt.

Steerage was one huge place. It was the lowest deck. The stench, it was the summer, in August, the humidity, the heat, having no air conditioning, having cooling facilities, it was very hot, compounded by the fact that there must have been anywhere from two to three hundred people in that huge cavernous area. The body smells, the body odors, the lack of sanitation, the lack of any kind of facilities, washing, there was no such thing as washing or bathing.

Which set of details would best help a reader determine the central idea of the sentences?

a“the lowest deck,” “huge cavernous area,” “washing or bathing”
b“it was the summer,” “in August,” “the humidity”
c“one huge place,” “having cooling facilities,” “huge cavernous area”
“dstench,” “body smells,” “no such thing as washing”

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