Select all of the reasons why the underlined sentence in the following paragraph is a good example of a topic sentence. i really can't stand the food in my school's cafeteria. by about the middle of the year, i get so bored with the meals that are offered because we have the same meals over and over. and it's not like they are good meals! would you want to eat chicken made in three different ways every week? i've resorted to bringing my own meals to school, just to keep my sanity. the topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph. the topic sentence of the paragraph directly states the main idea. the topic sentence includes many ideas. the topic sentence sticks to one idea. i really cant stand the food in my schools cafeteria is the underlined sentence

i love cake

and don't hate

i know i'm fat

but what's wrong with that

i cant rap

but im sure ya know that

its just for fun

so quit hatin' son

~courtney

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."