What does this excerpt indicate about the purpose of The Odyssey? Is the work’s purpose to inform--to teach history or to serve as a reflection of ancient Greek culture? Or is the purpose to entertain--to tell an exciting and memorable tale? Could the purpose be to serve as a moral compass, to guide listeners and readers as they make their way in the world? What contribution does the character of Odysseus make to the overall purpose and meaning of the text? Address these questions in an argumentative essay that makes a claim about what you think the main purpose of The Odyssey is. Support your opinion or point of view with relevant textual evidence. Maintain a formal style and an objective tone in your writing, and provide a conclusion that follows from and supports the argument you presented.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the correct answer is d.   to change the pace

explanation:

i think that it is letter d.

in railroad songs, workers swung their hammers during the offbeat. work songs combined with traditional musical and lyrical forms, such as hymns and ballads, to create spirituals, the blues, and other jazz styles. this blending of old and new can be seen when comparing the lyrics to the traditional irish song "lass of roch royal" and the blues song "the deal."

as work songs and other forms of jazz developed, jazz music spread across the united states. for example, a jazz style known as dixieland went from new orleans to chicago by means of the famous trumpet player louis armstrong. the original dixieland band developed out of armstrong's influence and, in the early 1920s, moved to new york city. once jazz reached new york, especially harlem, its development