Question

read the excerpt from \how the internet and other technologies came about.\

because most cities would no longer exist, messages would have to be broken up into pieces, scattered throughout the system, moved around cities that no longer existed, and then reassembled at the destination. arpa combined these ideas with an existing system to create what is now called e - mail.

which reading strategy would most help in comprehending the excerpt?

• breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases
• continuing to read and hope it makes sense later
• relating the content to personal experience
• rewriting each line by hand

Explanation:

The excerpt has a long, complex sentence explaining the early concept behind email. Breaking it into shorter sentences/phrases simplifies parsing the sequence of actions (breaking messages, scattering, moving, reassembling) and the connection to ARPA's creation of email. The other strategies are less effective: continuing to read without unpacking the complex sentence will not clarify its meaning, personal experience with modern email does not help understand this early technical origin, and rewriting by hand does not improve comprehension of the content.

Answer:

breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases