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The statement that best encapsulates the author’s line of reasoning in the passage is; A: America's boys are broken
Authors' Line of Reasoning
This author begins his narration with the claim that " “America’s boys are broken. And it’s killing us.”
Now, the author used that phrase to capture the audience attention by by making a startling claim about the killing of American boys.
Finally throughout the book, we can say that what encapsulated the author's line of reasoning is that "America's boys are broken".
The missing options are;
A) “America’s boys are broken. And it’s killing us.” (paragraph 1)
B) “The past 50 years have redefined what it means to be female in America.” (paragraph 3, sentence 1)
C) “They’ve absorbed the message: They’re outperforming boys in school at every level.” (paragraph 3, sentence 3)
D) “To be a girl today is to be the beneficiary of decades of conversation about the complexities of womanhood, its many forms and expressions.” (paragraph 3, sentence 5)
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