Karen would travel anywhere, anytime to get to a gordon harrison concert. she had read everything she could find about her favorite rock star. she truly loved every one of his songs. one day, karen was amazed to see harrison sitting alone in the back of the restaurant where she worked as a server. karen took a deep breath and then went over, introduced herself, and asked for the star’s autograph. to her surprise, harrison asked her to join him. they had an interesting conversation. the celebrity told karen all about his life and his music. karen was thrilled, but also shocked to discover that almost everything she had ever read about him was wrong. as harrison said, the stories had been made up to sell magazines and promote his concerts. karen learned an important lesson that day: what you may think you are sure of, you may find out is not actually true. which statement is accurate about this paragraph? a. there’s no topic sentence in this paragraph. b. the first sentence is the topic sentence. c. the last sentence is the topic sentence. d. the topic sentence is implied with details.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir