Answer:
Both were American famous novelists. Both have written short stories as well as novels.
Explanation:
Sharman Alexie was an American novelist. He wrote many novels. He was a poet, comedian, film maker. He has been hailed as the Richard wright of American Indians. He became famous by book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. It was the collection of short stories.
Richard Wright also the Novelist in America. He wrote short stories. But he wrote on racism. He concerned the racial theme on American African people. Sherman rights short stories as well as Richard wrote short stories. But Richard was communist and fight for against racism. Sherman was a comedian. He writes films.
C) "During the 1300s, a secret passage helped free an English king who was taken captive by his enemies."
Explanation:
<u>A topic sentence must convey the idea of the whole paragraph.</u> <u>In that sense the paragraph here works on the idea of secret passages being historically significant</u> in the important events that changed the course of history.
Thus either the first sentence of the paragraph or this sentence fit the description stated above. Out of all the options given this statement directly refers to the theme and thus is the topic sentence.
