Which question should you ask when attempting to simplify a complex process found in a piece of technical writing? a. how can the key points be expressed in just a few sentences? b. how can the author's purpose be understood from this text? c. how does the author express personal ideas or information? d. how does the text show information instead of just telling information?

A. How can the key points be expressed in just a few sentences?

Explanation:

This is the sentence that would most likely allow you to simplify a complex process found in a piece of technical writing. Sometimes, when we read a difficult text, we end up feeling confused. This is due to the fact that the text employs complex words or thought processes. In order to ensure that we are still understanding the meaning of the text, it is a good idea to try to simplify it in your mind. If you are able to do so, then it is likely that you are understanding the ideas expressed.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.