As you read the excerpt below, identify the ideas that would be included in a summary of the passage. Worn deep and wide by the migration of three hundred thousand people, lined by the graves of twenty thousand dead, witness of romance and tragedy, the Oregon Trail is unique in history and will always be sacred to the memories of the pioneers.

Which sentence represents the main idea and therefore must be included in a summary?
A There will never be another place like the Oregon Trail in our country’s history.
B Pioneers believe the Oregon Trail to be sacred because 300,000 traveled it.
C Travel along the Oregon Trail was a unique and meaningful event in American history.
D So many people used the Oregon Trail that it became worn down.

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s "i have a dream” speech. and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of california. but not only that: let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi. from every mountainside, let freedom ring. the most likely reason king uses allusions in this part of his speech is to share his knowledge of american geography. compare northern and southern destinations. remind listeners about small-town accountability. encourage listeners to envision freedom everywhere.

This statement descri swift wrote gulliver’s travels so he could humorously criticize the government. this statement describes swift’s

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom