Question

Read the literary analysis of The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.

In The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, Mortimer helps readers relate to how deadly the plague was. He uses specific, clear examples to make his points, such as in the following example.

Which is the best evidence to add to the passage to support the writer’s point?

Elizabethans studied Galen, who lived in the second century CE.
Sixteenth-century medical assumptions were wrong.
After the 1556 outbreak, people did not know whether the plague would return.
An estimated 250,000 people died during the epidemic.

Answer 1

"An estimated 250,000 people died during the epidemic."

This gives a concrete, specific number that directly demonstrates how deadly the plague was, unlike the other choices which are general statements about beliefs or uncertainty.