Which of the following statements about topic and main idea is true? The topic is usually just one word and is never a complete sentence. The topic is stated explicitly in the beginning or end of a paragraph. To find the main idea, you only need to discover who or what the paragraph is about. The topic and main idea are usually the same thing.

When the subject of a sentence performs the action in the sentence the verb in the sentence is in the what ?

The wind skittered playfully along the pathway, drawing leaves and bits of flowers along with it. which word gives the passage a cheerful mood?

Match each poem with the subculture or counterculture from which it came. hip–hop counterculture feminist counterculture beat generation a. "pay attention, here's the thick of the plot/i pulled up to the corner at the end of my block/and that's when i saw this beautiful girly–girl walkin'/i picked up my car phone to perpetrate like i was talkin'" (jazzy jeff and the fresh prince) b. "for no church told me/no guru holds me/no advice/just stone/of new york" (jack kerouac) c. "you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye" (margaret atwood)