Read the excerpt from I Never Had It Made. "I know you’re a good ballplayer," he [Rickey] barked. "What I don’t know is whether you have the guts."

I knew it was all too good to be true. Here was a guy questioning my courage. That virtually amounted to him asking me if I was a coward. Mr. Rickey or no Mr. Rickey, that was an insinuation hard to take. I felt the heat coming up into my cheeks.

What effect do the details and descriptions in this passage have on the narrative?

They show the drama and intensity of the situation.
They show how angry and annoyed Rickey feels.
They show how sad and ashamed Robinson feels.
They show the confusion and anxiety of the situation.

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.

glitch or non-saved account.

explanation:

i'm not personally a mobile user but one reason could be that it is either a glitch where it doesn't automatically log you in, or you have it so cant save your log-in information. i suggest you use the mobile app instead of using your web browser!

summer because you get to tan and wear cooler clothes and go to the beach

the bazaar because it represents the inaccessible land of freedom to the narrator. mangan’s sister because she represents domesticity and routine to the narrator. the marketplace because it represents the suburban lifestyle to the narrator. the church because it represents spiritual healing and renewal to the narrator.