Which of the following sentences could work as a topic sentence of an illustration paragraph?

a.
mother is wearing a red dress.

b.
my mother is very friendly, my father can be a bit scary at times, and i'm in a hurry to get to the bank.

c.
mother likes three things in life.

d.
mother is always kind to our pets.

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

This thinning would materially change the sound of the drum, evidence that although it might continue to be used for its original purpose of music-making or calling people to arms, it would now do so with a different voice. a musical instrument had become a trophy, and the new carvings were in fact branding, a statement of the north’s political dominance over central africa and of allegiance to islam.the drum had come to khartoum at a critical moment in sudanese history. in an audio version, stressing the word "branding" would do what for the listener? emphasize the word's importance and the idea that followsadd emphasis to the following sentencesignal that something important has just been repeatedadd emphasis to the preceding sentence

Ispeak without a mouth and hear without ears. i have no body, but i come alive with wind. what am i?