Typically, underlines, scribbles, and notes left in the margins by a former owner lower a book’s____when the former owner is a famous poet like Walt Whitman, such markings, known as Marginalia, can be a gold mine to literary scholars.

Which statement completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A short passage explicit the information to analyze, and interpret the main idea.

Special attention to the facts and details draws out the main idea.

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice A is incorrect because it does not provide a grammatically correct completion of the sentence. which doesn’t logically connect with the context provided in the sentence. The sentence doesn’t present a contrast that would require the use of "but."

but,value +

Choice B is incorrect because it does not fit the grammatical structure of the sentence.

is value

Choice C is correct because it properly introduces a contrasting clause that makes the sentence grammatically correct and coherent.

value, but

Choice D is incorrect because the word "value" is a singular noun, not a verb, and does not agree with the plural subject of the sentence.

value

The most logical text for the given passage

value, but

Option

C

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?