Question

Read the paragraph.

Keeping my mind on my writing is not easy when I stay at my grandmother's ocean-side cottage. 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. Naturally, I have to leave my desk and rush to the doorway to watch the performance as long as it lasts. 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. They watch to see what I am doing. As soon as I return to my desk, seagulls wheel into my window view and screech as they search for scraps of food. 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. Mickey, my cat, can't stand to see any partiality, so he is soon pacing back and forth across my ankles. As I wiggle my bare toes to tease Mickey, I realize that my legs have become stiff. I remember that I have not had my daily ride. So, I slip on my sandals, step out the door, spring onto my bike, and pedal off down the beach. Meanwhile, the composition in my typewriter sits and grows colder.

In complete sentences, name four details that develop the topic sentence.

Answer 1

Four details that develop the topic sentence are 1. The two eagles flying outside made the narrator leave the desk 2. The seagulls in the window looking for food distract the narrator 3. The St. Bernard dog approaching to be petted interrupts the narrator 4. The stiffness in the legs of the narrator makes the narrator go for a ride.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a paragraph, the topic sentence summarizes the general idea or point of the paragraph. In this paragraph, the topic sentence is expressed by "Keeping my mind on my writing is not easy when I stay at my grandmother's ocean-side cottage". Besides this, topic sentence are supported and explained through supporting details, which includes reasons, examples, evidence, etc.

In this context, supporting details include all reasons or situation that stops the narrator from focusing on writing. This means the supporting details include 1. the eagles flying outside as this causes the narrator "to leave my desk and rush to the doorway"; 2. the seagulls in the window because this causes a "confusion of sounds" that distracts the narrator; 3. the dog looking for attention in the narrator because this also, disrupts the process of writing, and 4. the stiffness in the legs of the narrator because this makes the narrator "spring onto my bike, and pedal off down the beach".