Making Inferences in an Article about Roberto Clemente Quiz 5 of 185 of 18 Items

Item 5
POSSIBLE POINTS: 5.56
Read this excerpt from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death."

At first, word was Orlando Cepeda was the victim, and that would have been a huge loss because the 1967 National League MVP was a popular figure and a future Hall of Famer.

Which is the best source to use to confirm the information in this excerpt?

a Major League Baseball website with lists of award winners
a Major League Baseball website with lists of award winners

a video of Major League Baseball highlights from 1967
a video of Major League Baseball highlights from 1967

a magazine article about famous Puerto Rican baseball players
a magazine article about famous Puerto Rican baseball players

a Hall of Fame website with directions to the Hall of Fame museum

a Major League Baseball website with lists of award winners

Explanation:

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.

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.