Question

15 POiNTS! Write a topic sentence for a paragraph that responds to this prompt: “How does this fictional account of the yellow fever epidemic help draw readers into the historical facts of the event.”

Answer 1

Answer:

This fictional account of the yellow fever epidemic helps draw readers into the historical facts of the event. For example how devastating it is to see your mother in that state. Another example is how difficult it was to live in such conditions in that time period. The last example would be the dialogue between the characters.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The historical facts involving yellow fever epidemics can unfolded to readers through fictional accounts.

Explanation:

“How does this fictional account of the yellow fever epidemic help draw readers into the historical facts of the event.”

Topic sentences, serve as a summary of a paragraph, a focus of the paragraph. It gives the reader an idea of the author´s thought and opinion on a subject.

As seen from the sentence above:

Topic: Yellow Fever epidemic

Main idea: draw readers into the historical facts  

One of the methods used to structure a topic sentence:

Limit the topic + verb + main idea, attitude, feeling, opinion, point of view.