The backyard was covered in late afternoon sunlight the leaves dance in the trees delighted that spring has finally arrived the tulips were bright flashes of yellow color like a child crayon drawing in the garden the first green shoots were pushing out of the soil to greet the warmth of the sun sitting on the porch swing I drink in the beauty of nature and delicious treat which fictional element is the focus in this paragraph is it theme plot setting or conflict

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.

industrialization in great britain began with the global 'industrial revolution', a pioneer. industrialization in russia was the last in europe, a laggard.

great britain’s industrialization was driven by individual citizens, while russia’s was guided by the government.