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 writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea. adding support is key.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.