In a well-developed paragraph that includes a topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusion, respond to the following question: Which was more effective at telling the story of The Landlady, the text or the film version? Give your opinion, and then give details about each version to support your choice. Consider elements like characterization, setting, music, lighting, and emotional connection to the story.

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.

use the headings to create an overview of the main points.

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d