Question

A shock occurred near St. Augustine, in the northeast part of the state, in January 1897. The Nation's oldest permanent settlement, found in Spain in 1565, reported that heavy shaking knocked plaster from walls and articles from shelves.

What do these sentences tell the reader?

No one was hurt during this earthquake.
St. Augustine has beautiful old buildings
The earthquake happened during the winter
The shock did not case any serious

Answer 1

@zimmah

Answer 2

Any serious damage

Answer 3

You are on the math section you might find you will get an answer if you go on science forums or history forums on Open Study ;P

Answer 4

No one will answer

Answer 5

@adajiamcneal

Answer 6

@zimmah

Answer 7

A

Answer 8

my bad D

Answer 9

you can not conclude no one was hurt just by reading that information, all you can conclude is that it occurred during winter, since January is winter in spain

Answer 10

and it DID in fact do damage

Answer 11

B is a subjective statement, so that one is wrong as well, as you can't conclude that without having seen the buildings yourself, and even then it's just opinion.

Answer 12

yes but it wasn't serious damage it doesn't day anything about people or the weather .... or any building being beautiful

Answer 13

and by the way this should be in the 'english' section i guess. Since it all boils down to reading comprehension

Answer 14

Okay thank you I was just a little confused

Answer 15

just because those few sentences do not tell about people dying does not mean the earthquake did not kill any people.

Answer 16

you can not draw conclusions based on part of the story

Answer 17

so like I said it would be D

Answer 18

and besides, a monument getting damaged is serious damage no matter how you put it

Answer 19

and it doesn't need to be snowing for it to be winter..... it's winter from december 21 until march 21st. It could be 28 degrees but it's still winter technically

Answer 20

Wow @zimmah your a lifesaver

Answer 21

but its asking "What do these sentences tell the reader" its not asking about what it doesn't say. like I said and ill say it aqain it doesn't say anything about the weather or people or any building being beautiful so the only answer left would be D .

Answer 22

the article specifically states an old building was damaged and articles falling (some objects get damaged from falling), how is that not serious damage?

Answer 23

I get what @zimmah is getting at. It gives you clues by telling you what month it is and the fact that a lot of objects are falling.

Answer 24

January is winter in the northern hemisphere, regardless of weather

Answer 25

now that you put it that way @Monster1234 I can agree with @zimmah I didn't process the fact that jan was in winter

Answer 26

Don't worry me weather at first. That's why I need help:)