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Read this excerpt from the article “5 Held in a Plot to Bug Democrats’ Office Here” by Alfred E. Lewis.

According to police and a desk clerk at the Watergate, four of the suspects—all using fictitious names—rented two rooms, number 214 and 314 at the Watergate Hotel around noon on Friday. They were said to have dined together on lobster at the Watergate Restaurant on Friday night.

Which statement best explains how the details in this excerpt contribute to the central idea?

a) The details show that the crime was planned out well in advance.

b) The details illustrate how cunning the criminals were in committing the crime.

c) The details explain how the criminals were able to commit the crime.

d) The details provide a reason for the criminals to commit the crime.

After reading the passage about the Watergate scandal and analyzing the central idea of the article, we can select the following option as the one contributing to that central idea:

A) The details show that the crime was planned out well in advance.

What is a central idea?

We can define central idea as the underlying message of a literary work, that is, the message the author wants to convey to the audience. The article we are analyzing here is a news article whose central idea is how the Watergate scandal took place.

The particular passage we are analyzing here supports that idea by revealing details that the crime was planned out well in advance. The suspects had already selected their location, time, and fictitious names in order to commit the crime.

With the information above in mind, we can choose letter A as the best option.

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