Read the excerpt.

(1) this camp is no ordinary place. (2) the fields are alive; they move with us in silent cycles that only those of us willing to watch patiently can see. (3) each of us has had a moment that we felt the earth around us, closed our eyes, and thought, “this is perfection.”
which sentence in this excerpt from “final night” by laura emily goldblatt is the paragraph’s topic sentence?

The correct answer is (1) This camp is no ordinary place

Explanation:

A topic sentence is the sentence that expresses or summarizes the main idea of a paragraph, this sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph and encapsulates the rest of the sentences of the paragraph, this means the paragraph is composed of a topic sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph is about and a set of supporting sentences that explain the topic sentence. Considering this in the excerpt from "Final Night" "(1) This camp is no ordinary place" is the topic sentence not only because it is the first sentence but because this sentence is a summary of the paragraph, in this way, sentence (2) and (3) explain the reasons why the camp was no ordinary, but it is in sentence (1) the general idea of the paragraph is set.

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

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