Question

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.

Serious though influenza and malaria are, they are not the biggest killers of the age. That title belongs to the plague or "pestilence. No one knows precisely how many die over the course of the reign but the total is probably around 250,000. In 1565 the people of Bristol count up the plague victims for that year and arrive at the figure of 2,070, almost 20 percent of the population. Ten years later, after another deadly outbreak, they record a further 2,000 fatalities.

A. Another name for the plague in the 1500s was "the pestilence."
B. In 1565 almost 20 percent of the population died of the plague.
C. The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizabethan era. (*)
D. Malaria and influenza killed almost as many people as the plague.

please answer if you have actually studied this edge lesson or taken the quiz to avoid junk answers. once answered, please don't copy&paste 1st answer that take's up the second answer space.

Answer 1

I have not studied the edge lesson you’re talking about nor any taken any quiz, these are unecessary requirements. I assure you anyone with good understanding of the concept of central idea can answer this correctly.

Here is my answer:
C. The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizaberhan era.

Central is the main idea the author’s point/what the author wants you to remember.
It is mainly found in the first sentences.

I narrowed my answer to:
In 1565 almost 20% of the population died of the plague.
But this is:
Too specific and narrow
The author has elaborated on a much more bigger concept:
The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizabethan era.

So C is the answer
(The title of the excerpt can also help define a central idea)

I hope this helps you! I truly beieve this is the right answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

C.) The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizabethan era.

Explanation: