*15 points * the scale on a hiking map is 2 inches = 54 yards. the distance on the map between bluebird waterfalls and pine peak is 9 inches. what is the actual distance between bluebird waterfalls and pine peak?

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

i am almost certain that man symbolizes communism in this passage.

hope this