Which central idea does this excerpt support? Read this excerpt from The Great Fire.
Most stood by watching the yellow-orange flames
leaping from roof to roof and listening to the horrible
crackle pop of dry pine being consumed. Fires were
extremely common back then and thought to be as
exciting and dramatic as a night at the theater.
O Many mistakes contributed to the spread of the fire
and prevented it from being put out.
O The fire spread because the firefighters were not
equipped to handle such a massive blaze.
O Many residents aided the firefighters by carrying
furniture and helping their neighbors escape.
O Residents were used to fires and did not think that
this one was different from any others.

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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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