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Read the following paragraph.

[1] Keeping my mind on my writing is not easy when I stay at my grandmother's ocean-side cottage. [2] Just
about the time that I am going along pretty well, I glance out the window and see two huge bald eagles
swooping and tumbling in a spectacular aerial display. [3] Naturally, I have to leave my desk and rush to the
doorway to watch the performance as long as it lasts. [4] Then, as if a conspiracy were trying to keep me from
working, two otters poke their shiny heads out of the water and hang there motionless. [5] They watch to see
what I am doing. [6] As soon as I return to my desk, seagulls wheel into my window view and screech as they
search for scraps of food. [7] Within minutes, this confusion of sounds stirs my aging St. Bernard out of a deep
sleep, and he hauls his massive, lumbering body over to be petted. [8] Mickey, my cat, can't stand to see any
partiality, so he is soon pacing back and forth across my ankles. [9] As I wiggle my bare toes to tease Mickey,
I realize that my legs have become stiff. [10] I remember that I have not had my daily ride. [11] So, I slip on my
sandals, step out the door, spring onto my bike, and pedal off down the beach. [12] Meanwhile, the
composition in my typewriter sits and grows colder.
Does the last sentence refer to and support the topic sentence?

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Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

The last sentence states that the composition being written is just sitting there in the typewriter which is getting cold. This means the writer is not using the typewriter to write the composition and is thus being distracted as she explains in the first sentence when she says it isn't easy to to keep her mind on her writing when at her grandmother's. The last sentence reinforces the first one.

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