Write a paragraph of at least 150 words using one of your subtopic ideas from the lesson "expository writing" and the outline you wrote for the lesson "paragraph structure." answer the questions below concerning the first draft of your paragraph. what is the topic sentence? what is the subject of the topic sentence? what is the controlling idea of the topic sentence? which sentences in the paragraph do not support or prove the controlling idea?

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.