Can you include the passage? Maybe then I can help :)
Explanation:
beat someone to the punch
In West Side Story, music was composed by Leonard Bernstein, while the lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim.
B. winter
Seasons arent typically capitalized unless a sentence starts off wi9th the word.
Once you can find the topic, you are ready to find the main idea. The main idea is the point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought about the topic.
To figure out the main idea, ask yourself this question: What is being said about the person, thing, or idea (the topic)?