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Which student response best answers the text-dependent question: How does the author develop two or more central ideas over the course of the text? Give evidence from the text to support your response.

A. The author has two ideas in the text. 1) The United States is a really good country. 2) England is a really bad country. These ideas sum up what the author is trying to say.

B. The author believes that it is really important that the United States separate from England. They have a right to get away from Despotism and Tyranny. This is why they should get away from England.

C. The author's two central ideas are interrelated. The first idea is that the King of Great Britain has repeatedly injured the colonists and that such injuries are abusive and tyrannical. The second idea is that the colonists, being patient and long-suffering, have a right and a duty to separate from such true circumstances. These two ideas are woven together in the author's argument regarding the necessity of the colonists to separate from England.

D. The first idea is that the Colonists need new guards and security systems. The second idea is that many of the people in Britain have been injured.

Answer: Incorrect. This response is overgeneralized and does not stay grounded in the language and evidence from the text. This response does not answer the question that was asked about central ideas developed over the course of the text. Try again. Incorrect. This response does not articulate clearly the two central ideas. It is not clear who is responsible for the despotism and tyranny. The last sentence is repetitive of the first one. Try again. Correct. Each of the central ideas is clearly articulated with sufficient evidence from the text to prove that the reader has understood what is most important in this text. The interrelated nature of the core ideas is also addressed in the response. The student shows that because Great Britain has been abusive, the righteous nation of the United States must separate. Incorrect. This student has misunderstood much of the vocabulary and therefore the response shows incorrect understanding. The Colonists do not need guards or security systems; nor have the people in Britain been injured. For example, the meaning of Guards is metaphorical as the author proposes how the colonists must protect their "future security." Try again.