Read the following excerpt. using the context of the paragraph, select the word that best completes the sentence. after writing for many hours, the journalist felt he had written an important piece that would improve the lives of others. he had written strategically and eloquently. he smiled with satisfaction; he may get paid for being a journalist, but he had discovered that being was his true vocation. (3 points) an activist a mandate a sanction an opposition

i think its an activist. i had the same question on the test. hope i helped.

The correct answer is AN ACTIVIST.

The answer is activist because of the meaning which the journalist gives to his works: he is trying to change the world and iinprove the lives of others with his writing.

The Cambridge Dictionary provides the meaning of ACTIVIST:

a person who strongly believes in political or social change and takes part in activities to bring his believes to reality.

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.