“i hail from crete's broad land, i'm proud to say,
and i am a rich man's son. and many other sons
he brought up in this palace, born in wedlock,
sprung of his lawful wife. unlike my mother.
she was a slave, a concubine he'd purchased, yes,
but he treated me on par with all his true-born sons –
castor, hylax's son…”

who is the speaker of this passage?

a. eumaeus
b. telemachus
c. odysseus
d. melanthius

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explanation:

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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.