Question

Read this excerpt from Leah Missbach Day’s foreword to Wheels of Change.

Freedom comes in many forms. For Mary Lewanika, a bicycle provides freedom from social oppression. A bicycle can cultivate independence. In Wheels of Change, Sue Macy quotes Ellen B. Parkhurst in Washington's Evening Times, "A girl who rides a wheel is lifted out of herself and her surroundings." That was true in 1896, and incredibly, it remains true in places around the world today.

The key word from the passage that emphasizes the central idea is “
.”

Answer 1

The key word from the passage that emphasizes the central idea is “freedom.”