Read this excerpt from the persuasive essay "pets in school: a supportive friend for every child." which sentence states the main idea?

did you know that reading to a dog can increase a child’s fluency? yet students cannot bring their closest companions to school. studies have also shown that interacting with animals can ease children’s anxiety. this improves their health in the long term. children with disabilities and health problems benefit the most from being around animals. there are definitely more pros than cons to the idea of letting students interact with pets in class.

witch sentence states the main idea?

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret