Information and IdeasHardCentral idea of a literary text
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a novel.
Hal had told the story of the storm so many times that it had worn smooth, like a step, and he could no longer find in it the night itself: the cold, the noise, the actual fear. What he had now was the telling, and the telling was a different thing, with a shape the night had never had.
Which choice best states the central idea of the text?
- A. Repeated telling has replaced Hal's memory of the storm with a polished story unlike the event.Correct
- B. Hal enjoys frightening his listeners.
- C. Hal has forgotten that there was a storm.
- D. The storm was not as bad as Hal says.
Answer: A. Repeated telling has replaced Hal's memory of the storm with a polished story unlike the event.
Worn smooth; the telling has a shape the night never had.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Hal enjoys frightening his listeners.
- Not suggested.
- C. Hal has forgotten that there was a storm.
- He remembers the story, not the night.
- D. The storm was not as bad as Hal says.
- The text is about memory, not exaggeration.
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