(1) My family has a quaint cottage at a small, private lake. (2) The cottage is about 75 years old, but we try to keep it in goo
d condition. (3) The outside is white with green trim on the windows and shutters. (4) In front of the cottage is a flagstone walk that leads down to a stone patio. (5) The patio itself is right next to the water. (6) Out from the patio stretches a dock where we keep a small rowboat tied. (7) Every summer, my family sets aside a week when we all get together at the lake for a family vacation/reunion. What purpose do sentences 3 through 6 serve in this paragraph? A. They set up a comparison. B. They provide supporting details. C. They show cause and effect. D. They introduce the main idea.
The correct option is B. From the passage given above, it can be seen that the main theme of the write up is the cottage. The sentences given in number 3 to 6 provide supporting details to the main theme by providing information on the things that can be seen in the cottage and their locations.
Explanation: Its not focused on one movie. Teachers find that kids doing history related stuff get better grades because of this. Silent films are also very easy to research.
The topic sentence for the paragraph above is A. Sentence 1. A topic sentence is supposed to give the general idea of a paragraph. Sentence 1 briefly describes what and where plates are in the Earth's crust. The rest of the sentences give more detail about tectonic plates.
