Which of the following best summarizes what to do to better comprehend a speech?

a) identify the main idea.
b) become an active listener.
c) retell the information to another person.
d) summarize the main point in two or three words.

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?

How are w.h auden’s “musée des beaux arts” and william carlos williams’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” similar?

He contains the main idea in a paragraph. a. thesis statement b. first sentence c. declarative statement d. topic sentence