The topic sentence is usually found at the beginning of the paragraph
If Erika's teammates so happened to give her a lot of reasons to go along with their plan, then the implicit message (or the underlying meaning; 'read-between-the-lines- message) would be that Erika should agree too it because it is a good plan that they were proposing.
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Don't worry about the content.
Be yourself
Forget about the audience.
Strive for absolute perfection.
Answer:
Strive for absolute perfection.
Explanation:
As you can see in the text shown in the question aciam, Macauley is not only concerned with the content of the speech, but also with how this speech will be presented. This shows that he wants to promote an activity with perfection, where all the elements were very well structured, thought out and rehearsed, leaving no mistake to escape. From this form we can see that Macauley strives for absolute perfection.
Explanation:
The author shows how new digital media and movies both discourage teenagers for reading for pleasure