Which is the topic sentence of the following paragraph? Determining the order of ideas in a paragraph is essential to producing a clear and
understandable paragraph. A writer who aimlessly presents ideas the reader will not
be very successful in presenting his or her ideas. Topic sentences help writers stay on
track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about
an idea. Adding support is key.

a)Determining the order of ideas in a paragraph is essential to producing a clear
and understandable paragraph.

b)Topic sentences help writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from
becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

c)A writer who aimlessly presents ideas the reader will not be very successful in presenting his or her ideas.

d) Adding support is key.

adding more details about the struggle rainsford experiences as he swims to the shore

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.

the answer is b just took the tested