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how does the first paragraph of the dark game best support the central idea that the civil war was a long war?
it shares the detail that the war lasted four years.
it states what people believed about the war at the time.
it tells how many soldiers actually died in the war.
it gives an example of a battle that lasted almost two days.
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Read this passage.my career in journalism has taught me the challenges of capturing sporting events, yet gregor powell's descriptions are flawless. powell is a gold-medal paralympic swimmer, but his memoir proves that his true strength is the power of his insights.what feature distinguishes this passage as a foreword?

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