The Dust Bowl During the 1930s, extreme drought and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the Great Plains region of the United States. In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal. The soil became extremely dry, and when strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms. These so-called “black blizzards” were so thick that they made daylight seem like dusk. During this terrible period, the Great Plains region of the United States was named the “Dust Bowl.” Over the next few years, the drought continued, and the winds created more dust storms. In some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years. Many people wondered if the black blizzards would ever end. Which sentence serves as this paragraph’s topic sentence? During this terrible period, the Great Plains region of the United States was named the “Dust Bowl.” In some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years. In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal. During the 1930s, extreme drought and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the Great Plains region of the United States.

The correct answer is D. During the 1930s, extreme drought, and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the Great Plains region of the United States.

Explanation:

The main purpose of a topic sentence is to briefly state the main idea of a paragraph. Due to this, the topic sentence is the more general sentence in a paragraph, which encloses all the other details. Moreover, in most cases, the topic sentence is the first sentence.

This occurs in the paragraph presented because the first sentence "During the 1930s, extreme drought, and high winds made life incredibly difficult ..." is the topic sentence considering this sentence states the main point of the paragraph, which is how difficult was life due to the Dust Bowl. Moreover, other sentences only explain the difficulties of the Dust Bowl, which means the first sentence states the main point (topic sentence) and other sentences explain this point.

in the thematic approach, an interpreter relies on a central theme (i.e., a major point or message) to guide development of a communication activity or device. in presenting the activity or device, the thematic interpreter develops the theme in such a way that it will be highly relevant to an audience.

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cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.