Why doesn't the speaker in "stopping by woods on a snowy evening" stay longer to watch the woods fill with snow? a. he has his horse with him, and the animal is very cold. b. he fears that the owner of the woods might find him there. c. he is committed to fulfilling his responsibilities. d. he knows that staying in the woods is dangerous.

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.

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