1. What is a TOPIC SENTENCE and what does it do for a paragraph? The following topic sentences come from the body paragraphs of an essay about
what makes Pixar animated films so successful. Decide what makes each of these
topic sentences ineffective, and then revise them to fix the problem.
2. One reason Pixar films are successful is that they don't rely on pop culture
references for humor, unlike the DreamWorks movie Shark Tale that makes
jokes by naming characters “Jessica Shrimpson" and "Cod Stewart."
3. Another aspect that sets Pixar films apart from less successful animated
films is that they avoid the cliché Disney-princess storyline; also, they always
have fantastic animation.
4. Pixar films are very good.
Instructions. In this quotation, the letters of each word have been scrambled. Use the
underlined words as hints as you decipher the rest of the quote.
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