While the main idea is usually in the first sentence, the next most common placement is in the last sentence of a paragraph. The author gives supporting information first and then makes the point in the last sentence. Here's a paragraph we can use as an example. Try to locate the topic and the main idea.
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The wordpart (the part of the word, morpheme) gam- (found in -gamous, as in polygamous) means marriage - option b. Its origin is in Greek.
The text does not provide any definitions, thus, options a. definition-example and cause-effect and c. comparison-contrast and definition-example can be out ruled...There are provided examples just not definitions. The text does show patterns of cause and effect--such can be shown with sentence (6) "Clearly the feeling of being anonymous causes people to engage in antisocial behavior." This sentence shows that the cause (anonymity) can lead to the effect (antisocial behavior). Hence, the correct option is b. cause-effect and comparison-contrast.
<span> don't think either are desirable alone or if the question is to an extreme where if one were extremely beautiful, they would also be extremely idiotic, or extremely smart but extremely ugly. </span><span>Smart is also a very broad adjective. People can have collective knowledge of just about anything. If I choose beauty, would I lack common sense or rationality? or would I just learn at a slower rate? If I choose smarts, would I just contain information without the understanding or ability to use and apply it? Knowledge without wisdom and understanding is useless.</span>
