PSAT Reading Practice Question 240

Question: 240

The theater was packed. The audience
watched with rapt attention as the
characters lost their homes, their jobs,
their sense of security, even their most
05basic beliefs. A few characters managed
to save a family member. Most kept small
keepsakes in their pockets. But by the
end, they had almost nothing left of the
world before disaster struck. When the
10show was over, the audience filed out
smiling. After all, there's nothing
more fun than the end of the world—as
long as it's fictional.

If the author wanted to expand this paragraph into a longer essay claiming that human beings are naturally violent, what supporting detail should appear in further paragraphs?

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

D. Supporting details should directly support the main idea of a text. Examples of violent forms of entertainment, and the enjoyment people take from them, could support the idea that people are naturally violent. See Lesson: Main Ideas, Topic Sentences, and Supporting Details.

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