The Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by a Brainstormed List

question 42

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Modern fireworks have their origins in tenth-century Chinese pyrotechnics.
Washington, D.C., has great Fourth of July fireworks.

• A) Keep
• B) Drop

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Definitions:

Immediate Compliance

The act of immediately conforming to a request or command.

Emotional Arousal

A state of heightened physiological and psychological activity, involving feelings, emotions, and mood fluctuations.

Spanking

A form of discipline that involves hitting the buttocks of a child with the open hand, widely debated in terms of its effectiveness and ethical implications.

Compliance

The act of conforming to a request, demand, or regulation.