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A topic sentence …

• tells about the main idea of a paragraph.

• a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.

• each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.

• a word that means the opposite of another word.

A good topic sentence has the following feature:

• A good topic sentence has a bad idea

• A good topic sentence has a bright idea

•  A good topic sentence has no idea

• A good topic sentence has a controlling idea

“a great deal of” meaning:

• closely related to

• in conclusion

•  such as

• much, a lot of

Choose the correct comma used in the sentence:

• I speak English, Spanish and Japanese.

• I speak English, Spanish, and Japanese.

• I speak, English, Spanish, and Japanese.

• I, speak  English, Spanish, and Japanese.

Choose the correct comma used in the sentence:

• Fiber a substance that is important in limiting certain types of cancer, is found in popcorn.

• Fiber, a substance that is important in limiting certain types of cancer is found in popcorn.

• Fiber, a substance that is important in limiting certain types of cancer, is found in popcorn.

• Fiber, a substance, that is important in limiting certain types of cancer, is found in popcorn.

Choose the word or phrase that is most closely related to the word “to purchase”:

• to buy

• to decide

• to baffle

• to confuse

Choose the word or phrase that is most closely related to the word “to reduce”:

• to become smaller

• disease

• to become better

• to become strong

The “concluding sentence” is …

• the topic of the paragraph.

• the main idea of the paragraph.

• the unrelated sentence of the paragraph.

• the last sentence of the paragraph.

 A statement and meaning of a word :

• Topic

• Definition

• Article

• Paragraph

 The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own:

• Article

• Topic

• Plagiarism

• Paragraph