Question

Read the following paragraph. [1] Keeping my mind on my writing is not easy when I stay at my grandmother's ocean-side cottage. [2] Just about the time that I am going along pretty well, I glance out the window and see two huge bald eagles swooping and tumbling in a spectacular aerial display. [3] Naturally, I have to leave my desk and rush to the doorway to watch the performance as long as it lasts. [4] Then, as if a conspiracy were trying to keep me from working, two otters poke their shiny heads out of the water and hang there motionless. [5] They watch to see what I am doing. [6] As soon as I return to my desk, seagulls wheel into my window view and screech as they search for scraps of food. [7] Within minutes, this confusion of sounds stirs my aging St. Bernard out of a deep sleep, and he hauls his massive, lumbering body over to be petted. [8] Mickey, my cat, can't stand to see any partiality, so he is soon pacing back and forth across my ankles. [9] As I wiggle my bare toes to tease Mickey, I realize that my legs have become stiff. [10] I remember that I have not had my daily ride. [11] So, I slip on my sandals, step out the door, spring onto my bike, and pedal off down the beach. [12] Meanwhile, the composition in my typewriter sits and grows colder. Does the last sentence refer to and support the topic sentence? yes no

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes.

Explanation:

The main concern of the writer - or the topic sentence - which is stated in the first sentence, is that keeping his or her mind when writing is not easy when they are staying at their grandmother's cottage. We are then treated with several sentences explaining why it is hard, with various distractions that the author willingly or unwittingly found themselves in.

The final sentence supports this topic sentence since what the author is writing in her or his typewriter remains discontinued since they are too preoccupied with other things to finish their work.