Question

shoppers can often find handcrafted, painted dishware at a market. that the beauty of life is unimportant, i suppose few people would try to argue. and yet most civilized people act as if beauty were insignificant. in doing so, they wrong both themselves and those that are to come after them. for the beauty of art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave. it is an absolute necessity of life if we are meant to live as nature meant us—that is, unless we are content to be less than men. 1 select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. what characteristic of the text is the underlined sentence, and how does it connect ideas in the text? the underlined sentence is the thesis statement of the text it connects ideas in the text by

Explanation:

The under - lined sentence presents the main claim that beauty in life is important despite people's actions suggesting otherwise. It serves as a starting point for the author's argument about the significance of beauty. The following sentences expand on this idea by stating that people are wrong to act as if beauty is unimportant and that beauty is a necessity of life.

Answer:

The underlined sentence is the thesis statement of the text. It connects ideas in the text by presenting the main argument around which the rest of the text is structured.