As someone who writes books, I'd normally use quotation marks, and the person is obviously talking, so the first one should be correct.
Dad scolded Miriam for skipping her chores.<span>No one likes my cooking.
</span>Working out always makes me hungry.<span>Playing is all the cat does.
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<span>D. There is no single topic sentence.
This paragraph is not focused under one single topic sentence, it moves throughout the features of the earth and how they interact and change the face of the planet. In order to bring this paragraph together more clearly, a topic sentence would have to be added that covers all the information in the paragraph.</span>
