Which is the best topic sentence for a paragraph comparing and contrasting two types of butterflies? The viceroy butterfly has a beautiful wing pattern made up of black lines and orange shapes.
So the next time you see an orange and black butterfly, it might be a viceroy, not a monarch.
The viceroy butterfly and the monarch butterfly look alike, but there are ways to them apart.
The monarch butterfly tastes terrible to predators, so they usually try to avoid eating it.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house