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The following is an excerpt from an essay about automotive safety history.

[1] __________________________________________________ During a winter trip to New York City in 1902, Mary Anderson observed a trolley driver struggling to see through the falling sleet, constantly opening the window to wipe the windshield by hand. This uncomfortable and dangerous practice inspired her to sketch a manual swinging arm with a rubber blade, operated from inside the vehicle. Though trolley companies initially rejected her invention, claiming it would distract drivers, Anderson's design laid the essential foundation for what would eventually become standard safety equipment in all modern automobiles.

Which choice most effectively introduces the paragraph by establishing its main focus?

  1. A simple observation during a winter trip led one inventor to create a solution for a universal driving hazard.Cevap
  2. B
    Although many women patented successful inventions in the early twentieth century; they rarely received the recognition they deserved.
  3. C
    Trolleys were the primary mode of transportation in cities, they were often difficult to operate in bad weather.
  4. D
    Winter travel in northern cities, which often created hazardous conditions for trolley drivers and passengers, have been studied by historians.

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The option stating that a simple observation during a winter trip led to an invention for a driving hazard is the correct choice.
The option stating that a simple observation during a winter trip led to an invention for a driving hazard is correct because it introduces the primary focus of the paragraph—Mary Anderson's creation of the windshield wiper—while maintaining correct grammar and flow.

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1
Read the paragraph to determine the main theme.
The paragraph describes Mary Anderson inventing the windshield wiper after witnessing a trolley driver struggle in winter weather.
Understanding the paragraph's main focus is necessary to evaluate which introductory sentence sets it up best.
2
Evaluate each option for grammatical correctness.
Identified a semicolon error in the option about women patenting inventions, a comma splice in the option about trolley transportation, and a subject-verb agreement error in the option about winter travel history.
ACT English questions require the correct choice to be grammatically correct.
3
Select the option that is both grammatically correct and introduces the paragraph's specific focus.
The option connecting the winter trip observation to the safety solution is correct.
This option introduces the specific topic of the paragraph and is free of grammatical errors.

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