RI.6 PART A: What is Columbus' primary purpose in his letter? A. To express his desire to learn about the culture and people of the islands he explored. B. To display his vast knowledge of oceanic travel and exploration. C. To demonstrate his loyalty to the Spanish monarchy and God by claiming the islands in their names. D. To illustrate his successes and advantageous discoveries to secure financial support for future voyages.

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.

the answer is a hoped this

b

explanation:

the answer is   c the cold war