Question

Which graphic would best support the information in
this paragraph?
Read the paragraph
Slapstick is also known as physical comedy, meaning it
has more actions than words. Most people think of
slapstick as people hitting one another and then falling
down, much like the style of The Three Stooges® What
they do not always know is that slapstick comedians
are masters of timing, with a flair for the dramatic. They
create the illusion of hitting and falling, without causing
injury to the performers. They stay safe while the
audience laughs hysterically
O a diagram of how The Three Stooges perform a
physical comedy stunt
O a photo of The Three Stooges after a comedy show
a flow chart identifying the different types of comedy
O a bar graph of the amount of laughter at different
types of comedy shows
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Answer 1

Answer:

a diagram of how The Three Stooges perform a physical comedy stunt

Explanation:

In order to find which graphic would best support the information supported in the passage we must identify the main idea of the passage.

The passage's main idea is to inform us on how slapstick comedians create an illusion of hitting and falling.

So the audience sees the comedians falling and getting hurt but in reality they are performing an illusion that makes it seem as they are injuring themselves and they are not actually hurting themselves.

Now that we have identified the main idea let's look back at the question.

Which graphic would best support the information in this paragraph?

a diagram of how The Three Stooges perform a physical comedy stunt

A diagram of how the three stooges perform a physical comedy stunt would definitely show how the comedians make it seems as they are hurting themselves as it shows us how they perform the stunts. So this could be the answer but let's look at the other ones just in case .

A photo of The Three Stooges after a comedy show

A photo would likely not show much of how the comedians perform their stunts so we can eliminate this answer choice.

a flow chart identifying the different types of comedy

The passage is specifically talking about slapstick comedy so a flow chart talking about other types of comedies would not be supporting of the passage.

a bar graph of the amount of laughter at different

Though this answer may show the effect of the stunts on the audience it would not support the author's main idea which is that slapstick comedians create an illusion that makes it seem that they are injuring themselves when they really aren't.

So the first choice would be the best answer