English

Belen Dixon

27 June, 15:30

A student attempting to identify the main idea of paragraph two wrote the following sentence:

When researchers at the University of Missouri began examining trees in surrounding areas, fire damage in a Canadian forest revealed that huge wildfires in the mountains near Ontario darkened the New England skies hundreds of miles away.

Which sentence best describes the student's sentence?

The student's sentence does not include enough information from the paragraph.

The student's sentence leaves out too many important details from the paragraph.

The student's sentence perfectly and properly captures the main idea of the paragraph.

The student's sentence shows the main idea but does not paraphrase the author's words.