Answer: I wanted to try out for the basketball team but I was afraid to try out because I didn’t want to fail. I loved basketball but I felt that I wasn’t good enough to make the team. The thought of just going to tryouts make me feel anxious and afraid.Looking back now, I always regret not at least trying to make the team. I always wonder about what could have been.
Explanation:
A) The topic of the paragraph is “Indonesia”.
b) The main idea about the topic is to share some important knowledges and beauty to the people.
c) The beauties of Indonesia, the historical sights, the beautiful things and places in Indonesia helps to explain the main idea.
Hope it helps:)
I'd say a topic sentence and a thesis statement are essentially the same thing.