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Jun 7, 2007, 01:50 AM
Read the details one set a time. Think about what the details have in common. Find the best topic sentence.
Choose the best topic sentence from this list:
(a) Baseball is a good game.
(b) Turtles and snails are a lot alike.
(c) Boy was I surprised when I looked under my bed.
(d) Mom tells me to do this when I get up.
(e) I follow this routine every morning.
(f) This is how to make a home run.
(g) I don't keep my room very clean.
(h) How do you take care of a pet turtle?
Set 1-Details:
wash my face
brush my teeth
comb my hair
get dressed
Set 2-Details:
a dirty sock
an old comic book
my lost homework
a piece of rotten banana
Set 3-Details:
take a bat
walk to home plate
hit the ball far
run all the bases
Set 4-Details:
they are animals
they have shells
they are slow
they eat plants
Choose the best topic sentence from this list:
(a) Baseball is a good game.
(b) Turtles and snails are a lot alike.
(c) Boy was I surprised when I looked under my bed.
(d) Mom tells me to do this when I get up.
(e) I follow this routine every morning.
(f) This is how to make a home run.
(g) I don't keep my room very clean.
(h) How do you take care of a pet turtle?
Set 1-Details:
wash my face
brush my teeth
comb my hair
get dressed
Set 2-Details:
a dirty sock
an old comic book
my lost homework
a piece of rotten banana
Set 3-Details:
take a bat
walk to home plate
hit the ball far
run all the bases
Set 4-Details:
they are animals
they have shells
they are slow
they eat plants