First, I made flyers describing my service and prices. Mom and I delivered them to all the houses in our neighborhood. A few days later my neighbors dog was my first customer. The owner thought I did such a nice job that he told all his friends. I've been in business almost a year and I'm so busy. Every Saturday I have about seven dog washing appointments. I hope to save enough money to buy a pet store some day. What would be a good topic sentence for this paragraph?

Last summer I started my dog washing business.

Mom helped me with my business.

I have lots of dogs to wash on Saturday.

Which of the following would be a good topic sentence if I were writing a paragraph about the dangers of smoking.

Smoking leads to many different illnesses.

Lebron James smokes a cigar after each win.

Most celebrities look really cool when they smoke.

Smoking is one way that people relieve stress.

Saying what my source or evidence is.

What is textual evidence?

A word for word quote from the article/story

A made-up quote I add to my answer.

What is the purpose of the concluding sentence?

To tie together the answer and evidence

To make sure the reader understood

Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone." This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6).

Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

A summary should include many story details.

A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.

A summary should always be fiction.

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome. The best summary of this passage is:

Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

Jenny was going to paint her room.

Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream. The best summary of this passage is:

Jason really wanted to play third base.

Jason was the best player on his team.

Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

Jason was too lazy to practice.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The best summary of this passage is...

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. The best summary of this passage is:

Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

Which topic sentence would be best to respond to this prompt: Why isn't drinking water in Las Vegas the same as drinking water in Portland?

Drinking water in Las Vegas is not the same as drinking water in Portland.

Drinking water in Las Vegas is not the same as drinking water in Portland because.

The chemical make up of the water is different.

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