Self-study
Historian: Support Much of what made medieval European communities as close-knit as they usually were was the way they went about meeting basic needs. ██ ████████ ████████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ █ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████████ █████████ █████ █████████ █████████████ █████ ██████ █████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ██████ ████ ███████████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that people in industrialized societies today would probably become more close-knit if they undertook group tasks that required them to cooperate with each other. This prediction is based on the observation that what made medieval European communities close-knit was the fact that people had to cooperate with each other to meet basic needs.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the author’s prediction for what would likely happen if people today undertook tasks similar to those that medieval communities had to undertake: “[I]f people in industrialized societies today undertook corresponding group tasks, their communities would probably become more close-knit.”
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This is part of the support. The author uses this fact to support a prediction about what would likely happen to people in industrialized societies today.
b
People in industrialized █████████ █████ ██████ █████████ █████ █████ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ████████ ███████████ █████████ ██ █████ ██ ████ █████ █████ ██████
The author never tells anyone what they “should” do. The conclusion is simply a prediction about what is likely to happen.
c
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This is part of the support. This is an illustration of how medieval societies were close-knight because of group tasks. The author uses this fact to support a prediction about what is likely to happen to people in industrialized societies today.
d
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The author never states that medieval communities were more close-knit than communities in industrial societies today. The conclusion is a prediction about what is likely to happen to people in industrial societies today.
e
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This is a paraphrase of the last sentence, which is the conclusion.