Select all of the reasons why the underlined sentence in the following paragraph is a good example of a topic sentence. i really can't stand the food in my school's cafeteria. by about the middle of the year, i get so bored with the meals that are offered because we have the same meals over and over. and it's not like they are good meals! would you want to eat chicken made in three different ways every week? i've resorted to bringing my own meals to school, just to keep my sanity.

1)the topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph.
2)the topic sentence of the paragraph directly states the main idea.
3)the topic sentence includes many ideas.
4)the topic sentence sticks to one idea.

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.