Question

Read the paragraph carefully. 1His mom finally peered through the cracked door that Johnny normally kept locked. 2The bedding was draped over a painting easel and placed near the window at the back of the room, which seemed to function as a shade in place of the curtains that lay next to their rod on the floor near the window. 3To the left was the bed: a bare mattress with stains and what appeared to be chewed holes resting askew on a box springs sitting on the floor. 4A single flat, gray pillow with no case was its only adornment. 5On the other side of the room, the sliding closet doors rested unhinged on the wall next to the closet. 6The closet itself featured a broken shelf and huge pile of clothing and various sporting items including a fishing pole, several balls of various types, what appeared to be a broken snowboard, a tennis racket, some bent golf clubs and other unidentifiable objects concealed to different degrees by the slew of disorder. 7The unkempt carpet resembled concrete, with unvacuumed dirt packed hard over the fibers. 8And the smell! 9Indeed, the bedroom resembled the aftermath of some horrific natural disaster. 10Her agreement to give him the privacy of his own room had been rescinded. What is the topic sentence? 1

Answer 1

1 His mom finally peered through the cracked door that Johnny normally kept locked.

Step-by-step explanation:

The topic sentence introduces the subject and makes a summary of the paragraph it is included in. Besides, it is typically placed at the beginning of the paragraph. In the text given, the topic sentence presents the argument the paragraph will deal with, which is Johnny's bedroom. Thus, the rest of the sentences describe the room from her mother's point of view, which supports the topic sentence, and provides a conclusion.