Question

Read the following passage:

"The Burney High women’s basketball team put up a hard fight against Ashton East last night but couldn’t pull off the win.

"Burney coach Milly Evans called out her squad’s inexperience as a major factor in the defeat, noting that all five starters are freshmen. 'We made some rookie mistakes out there,' she said. 'Some of the girls lost focus under pressure and lost sight of the game plan. They’ll learn from the experience.'

"Ashton also used their size advantage to control the ball, snatching rebounds and forcing fouls from the shorter Burney players again and again. Evans acknowledged that her team is undersized compared to most conference rivals, but vowed they’d make up for it with grit and determination."

Choose the outline that best shows the main idea and major details of this reading.


Burney vs. Ashton game

- Coach Milly Evans

- freshmen

- rookie mistakes

- focus

- game plan

- learning opportunity

- size

- ball control

- rebounds

- fouls

- grit

-determination


Burney – Ashton women’s basketball game recap

- Burney team inexperience led to mistakes

- Ashton team benefited from height advantage


Team promises to win next time

- learning experience

- grit will overcome size


Coach blames team for loss

- rookies blow the game

- short players don’t measure up

Answer 1

The second outline is best.

Reason: It concisely states the main idea (Burney’s inexperience caused mistakes) and the major supporting detail (Ashton’s height/size advantage). The first is overly detailed and unorganized; the third and fourth are incomplete or biased.