Which of the following is the topic sentence? The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. The S
umerians were a wealthy people. They needed some way to keep track of what they owned. They began drawing pictures. They used a reed as a pen. They drew on soft pieces of clay. The soft clay was then dried in the sun. The tablet became a permanent record. Later, the Sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. This kind of writing is called cuneiform. By putting symbols together, the Sumerians could write entire sentences. A. Later, the Sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. B. The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. C. By putting symbols together, the Sumerians could write entire sentences. D. The Sumerians were a wealthy people.
The topic sentence is almost always the first sentence of a paragraph, to give a very brief summary of what the reader is about to read and also to make the reader interested. This means the best answer for this question is:
B) The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing.
