Question

PLS HELP!! Which phrase best indicates the passage’s main idea?


A recent report revealed that about 70 percent of American silent films are lost.


With the arrival of talking films in the 1920s, silent films became unprofitable.


So film studios threw away most of them.


Some films were saved, but many of them were later lost in fires caused by the nitrate in film reels.


Several other films were destroyed when they were recycled for their metal content.

Answer 1

Answer: The sentence that seems more proper and sums up a main idea would be, "Some films were saved, but many of them were later lost in fires caused by the nitrate in film reels."

Explanation:

This is because it explains what happened to the films and how this happened to the films.

Answer 2

Answer:

I believe it is this one: A recent report revealed that about 70 percent of American silent films are lost.

Explanation:

ALL of the other phrases revolve around that one phrase.

This one: "With the arrival of talking films in the 1920s, silent films became unprofitable. " Has to do with silent films  being lost. "70 percent of American silent films are lost." And so on...

I hope I have helped! :)