Courtney is one of the many teens who help others. (2) Last year, 60 percent of the nation’s teens volunteered 2.3 billion hours
to a social or political cause. (3) Of those hours, 1.8 billion were given to national organizations. (4) These numbers show that teenagers care about others. Which sentence in this paragraph from “Youths Offer a Helping Hand” by Tameeka Mithem is the topic sentence?
The answer is number 4) These numbers show that teenagers care about others.
Sentences 1-3 show evidence to support the main argument, which is that teenagers help others. Sentence 1 gives an individual example, and on sentences 2 and 3, it presents statistical data.
C is the main theme of this story, for the reason of it providing multiple clues of text evidence throughout the passage that leads back to option C. Therefore, option C should be your answer.
This is a theme because it is a concept NOT the story line. A plot summary is basically the story line as if you were writing a summary of the book or story.
