(1) The Harlem Renaissance celebrated Black culture in the 1920s. (2) Writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston created poems and stories that reached many readers. (3) Musicians also built jazz and blues styles that reached wide audiences. (4) The movement fought unfair stereotypes. It showed the richness of Black art and ideas. (5) It also helped inspire later work for civil rights.
Which statement is the central idea, and which is a supporting detail?
- Central idea: the Harlem Renaissance celebrated Black culture and shaped society; detail: writers like Hughes and Hurston made important works. (correct answer)
- Central idea: jazz and blues are types of music; supporting detail: the Harlem Renaissance influenced civil rights.
- Central idea: Langston Hughes wrote poems; supporting detail: the Harlem Renaissance happened in the 1920s.
- Central idea: stereotypes are unfair to people; supporting detail: everyone should listen to more jazz.
Explanation: The central idea is the passage's big point, that the Harlem Renaissance celebrated Black culture and influenced society, and a supporting detail is a smaller fact that backs it up, like the works of Hughes and Hurston. Choice A pairs them correctly, so it is correct. Choice B, Choice C, and Choice D each name a small detail as the central idea or add a claim the passage does not make, so their pairings are wrong.