Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.Japanese women have changed since the war. They have became prettier, brighter, more decisive, more outspoken. The young people certainly are far more logical and far less sentimental than the prewar generations. Some regret this. They think women, in gaining their freedom, have lost their femininity-their modesty, their warmth, their shy grace. They accuse women of being drawn to superficial things. A modern Japanese woman, they say, instead of trying to enrich her inner self, is in a mad scramble to ape anything that is new and foreign-fashion, cosmetics, hairdos, rock-and-roll. And there are many Japanese who say that a caricature of an up-to-date wife is one who sits beside a washing machine in a house that has no hot running water.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.We are living in an electronic age. We are awakened by electric alarm clocks and music pouring from our radio: we operate our toaster, brush our teeth with an electric toothbrush.and shave with an electric razor. We read the day 's headlines from newspapers printed on huge electric presses, and we write a letter on our electric typewriter before leaving for work to operate a computer and word processor.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.Surviving CancerProgress is gradually being made in the fight against cancer. In the' early 1900s, few cancer patients had any hope of long-term survival. In the 1930s, less than one in five cancer victims lived more than five years. In the 1950s, the ratio was one in four, and in the 1960s, it was one in three. Currently, four of ten patients who get cancer this year will be alive five years from now. The gain from one in four to four in ten represents about 69 ,000 lives saved each year.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.Many TV commercials imply that a woman's self-esteem depends on her cleaning ability. In one commercial we see a woman terribly upset because her guests find spots on her glassware. Countless other commercials blur out the message that a woman will pass muster as a person if her kitchen floor gleams and her toilet bowl is blue. This idiocy must work, because the images of women scrubbing, mopping, waxing and smiling keep on coming over the air.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.The recent water shortage in California forced changes in Californian's lifestyles. They didn't water their lawns or gardens or wash their automobiles. They took fewer showers and baths. The water shortage lasted two years. Californians also learned to recycle water. For example, they used the rinse water from their washing machines to water their house plants and gardens.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.Ordinary People is a movie about the problems faced by a family. Before the film opens, one of the teenage sons has drowned in a boating accident. The other son attempted suicide and was hospitalized. Unable to forget her dead son,the mother has difficulty communicating with her surviving child. This lack of communication eventually leads to the break of the family.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.We had a short spring this year. The weather was cold though March and into April due to storms moving down from Canada.There was still snow on the mountains in late April, although it was usually gone by the end of March. We had only two nice weeks in May with the temperatures in the low 70s. But by mid-May, temperatures were in the 90s, and it was hot from then on.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentences.Pearls are gathered by men known as pearl divers. Actually, these men do not dive. They are lowered by a rope to the bottom of the sea. Pearl gatherers work in pairs, with one remaining at the surface to help the other return from his dive. An experienced pearl diver can stay down about a minute and a half and can often make as many as thirty dives in one day.

James Joyce's Ulysses, a long and complicated novel and which is on our reading list, has been banned by the school board.(parallel structure)

Tom heared a knock at the door. Tom went to open it.(long sentence )