The man ignored us and pressed on steadily. “Perhaps he is transporting a poor woman to Rickett’s Circus, like Mr. Carris said,” I suggested. “She should be moved at night, when good people are safe in their beds. Now what is he doing?” The man had stopped at the corner of High and Seventh, in front of our coffeehouse. Grandfather sped up. “Sir, I protest most vehe­mently!” I lifted my skirts and ran ahead of Grandfather. An unnamed fear shot through me. My eyes filled with tears. “No, this is too much,” Grandfather called angrily. “Sir,” he shouted. “Take that away from my home. Off with you now and take your cargo, or I should call the constable.” The man turned back and looked at Grandfather, then lifted the handles of the wheelbarrow and dumped the woman on the street. “Mother!” I screamed. —Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson Write a topic sentence for a paragraph that responds to this prompt: “How does this fictional account of the yellow fever epidemic help draw readers into the historical facts of the event.”

Answer + Explanation:

The historical facts involving yellow fever epidemics can unfolded to readers through fictional accounts.

This fictional account of the yellow fever epidemic helps draw readers into the historical facts of the event. For example how devastating it is to see your mother in that state. Another example is how difficult it was to live in such conditions in that time period. The last example would be the dialogue between the characters.

Topic sentences, serve as a summary of a paragraph, a focus of the paragraph. It gives the reader an idea of the author´s thought and opinion on a subject.

As seen from the sentence above:

Topic: Yellow Fever epidemic

Main idea: draw readers into the historical facts  

One of the methods used to structure a topic sentence:

Limit the topic + verb + main idea, attitude, feeling, opinion, point of view.

Side Note:

I hope this helped you in some or any way.

  plan: i will begin with a quotation about the importance of unity in a community. then, i will state my claim that an activity will unite our school by creating a shared vision, purpose, and direction. in the body, i will use three main points that describe the different avenues the students can take: through a variety of clubs, through a special event, or through an awareness week. i will provide evidence about other towns that have unity activities and the kinds of events that they include. pictures will illustrate my three main points in action. for the ending, i will restate the main idea in a new way and pose a question to keep the audience thinking. 

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.