1. If you read another article that was focused just on Tom Thumb, which of these sentences would work as a main idea?
Lots of circus performers use their physical difference to become famous.
Unlike Tom Thumb, the “mermaid” was a hoax made up by P. T. Barnum.
Tom Thumb never let his small size keep him from getting what he wanted.
Tom Thumb was not the only little person to become famous in show business.2.
Which of these sentences tells a main idea of “Starting Small,” the article you just read?
Today you can’t be a circus performer until you’re an adult.
Successful circus performers start training when they are children.
Girls are more likely to become circus performers than boys.
Ella Bradna began performing on her own at age eleven.