Consider this painting by vincent van gogh. what can be observed from this painting? check all that apply. it is a portrait of a man. it was created in 1887. it shows visible brush strokes. it displays bold colors. it is part of a large collection.

it is a portrait of a man.

it shows visible brush strokes.

it displays bold colors.

so whats the question?

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.