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<span>Lightning rods are a necessity for radio towers and skyscrapers.
This is the topic sentence, because it's clear from this that the paragraph will discuss lightning rods and why they are necessary for radio towers and skyscrapers to have. It is broad enough to open the paragraph but also specific enough to give preview and some detail. </span>
Answer:devour
Explanation:Devour according to Oxford dictionary refers eat all something quickly because you are extremely hungry this gives the same feeling or idea as the feeling provided by the word swallow .
Connotations refers to the feeling or an idea that we get from a certain word besides it's literally meaning.
When we hear the word swallow the idea that comes to mind is that someone just gobble up something and we get the same feeling with the word devour.
Connotations create an emotional attachment to that word.