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Directions: Read the following paragraph carefully. Answer the questions that follow. (1)Many of the computer industry’s best innovators were young when they first achieved success. (2)For example, David Filo and Jerry Yang were graduate students at Stanford when they realized that their hobby of listing the best pages on the World Wide Web might become a business. (3) They created Yahoo!, a Web index now used by more than 500,000 people every day. (4)Another youthful example is Marc Andreesen, who helped start the software company Netscape and designed one of the most popular computer programs ever, the Navigator. (5)At age twenty-four, Andreesen suddenly had $58 million in the bank. (6)A third young computer genius is Masayoshi Son. (7)As a Berkeley undergraduate, he started importing the Space Invaders video game from his native Japan and made a small fortune. (8)After graduation, at twenty-four, Son returned to Japan, started the Softbank Company, and built a worldwide computer empire. Which sentence is the topic sentence?
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Directions: Read the following paragraph carefully. Answer the questions that follow. (1)My hometown is famous for several amazing natural features. (2) First, it is noted for the Wheaton River, which is very wide and beautiful. (3)On either side of this river, which is 175 feet wide, are many willow trees which have long branches that can move gracefully in the wind. (4)In autumn the leaves of the trees fall and cover the riverbanks like golden snow. (5)Also, on the other side of the town is Wheaton Hill, which is unusual because it is very steep. (6)Even though it is steep, climbing this hill is not dangerous because there are some firm rocks along the sides that can be used as stairs. (7)There are no trees around this hill, so it stands clearly against the sky and can be seen from many miles away. (8)The third amazing feature is Big Old Tree. (9)This tree stands two hundred feet tall and is probably about six hundred years old. (10)These three landmarks are truly amazing and make my hometown a famous place. Which sentence is the Topic Sentence?
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Directions: Read the following paragraph carefully. Answer the questions that follow. (1)Many of the computer industry’s best innovators were young when they first achieved success. (2)For example, David Filo and Jerry Yang were graduate students at Stanford when they realized that their hobby of listing the best pages on the World Wide Web might become a business. (3) They created Yahoo!, a Web index now used by more than 500,000 people every day. (4)Another youthful example is Marc Andreesen, who helped start the software company Netscape and designed one of the most popular computer programs ever, the Navigator. (5)At age twenty-four, Andreesen suddenly had $58 million in the bank. (6)A third young computer genius is Masayoshi Son. (7)As a Berkeley undergraduate, he started importing the Space Invaders video game from his native Japan and made a small fortune. (8)After graduation, at twenty-four, Son returned to Japan, started the Softbank Company, and built a worldwide computer empire. Which sentence is the third major point?
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