English 1 plz mereview the different author's techniques from unit 2 (especially lesson 2.05). then read the following excerpt and explain the type of technique being used in the following example (make sure your response is at 1-2 sentences long) " wolf ! wolf! '' cried the boy , but nobody came. as the beast decended upon the heard, the boy watched in fear. his precious sheep were masticated by the fearsome wolf, but none of the villiagers would come. " if only i hadnt cried wolf before'', thought the boy " i cloud have saved my precious folks!

The author technique used was the story being a fable. A fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. It is a method to have short stories teach the readers an important lesson. And in this story, you learn that lies are not believed, even when they speak the truth.

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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.