Question 1 Unsaved " They say that the company’s recent decision to emphasize stories shared by friends and family as well as tr
usted news outlets — part of the company’s response to an epidemic of sensationalized clickbait and false news, and an attempt to foster what Mr. Zuckerberg has called “meaningful social interaction” — has hidden them from view." (NYTimes, Roose, 2018) From the above excerpt from "Facebook's Other Critics" article in the New York Times, what does the word sensationalized most likely mean?
In the context of this passage, which is talking about how Facebook is attempting to cut down on incorrect, fake, or 'sensationalized' news, the word clearly means news that is not true or over exaggerated in a way that makes it 'click bait'-something that isn't clear, objective content.
A topic sentence is defined as "a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs."
A topic sentence acts like a guide to the readers and helps them to know the main idea of the writer. A topic sentence also functions as a support to a thesis statement.
