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Topic sentences express the main idea of paragraphs, states the main point the writer wishes to make, and is usually the first sentence in a paragraph.
The sentence in this paragraph which meets all of the above criteria: <span>Writing is difficult because so many skills are involved.
This sentence states the main idea, lets us know what the author is trying to say, and is the first sentence of the paragraph--all the things we expect topic sentences to do.
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Monstrous - hideous
Savage - bestial
Sylvan - wooded
Mellifluous - soothing sound
He demonstrated the mathematical equation by solving it on the board.
In his fiction novels Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson presents the colonization of the planet mars in three moments. First, in Red Mars the author depicts the colonial voyage aboard the Ares from planet Earth into Mars.
The author then presents the idea of making plants grow on Mars to sustain human beings in the new colonialized plant. Then in Blue Mars Mr. Robinson introduces the formation on all the necessary elements to create the water cycle on the plant and in consequence the formation of seas, rivers, lakes, and other water bodies. Having mentioned the former we assume that a breathable atmosphere is formed in the fictional scenario in Blue Mars and that taking into account that in Green Mars the author presented the idea of plants growing in the planet, there is no possible objection to the idea of living normally on planet Mars. If we consider the fact that there is an atmosphere, water, and plants in Mars, it would seem that living in Mars is an utterly realistic panorama.
Based on the given excerpt above taken from <span>Justice Brandeis's opinion, the special connotation that the words "contagious" and "breeds" adds to these sentences is contagious and breeds connote that crime can multiply and spread just like a disease. The answer to this would be the second option.</span>