'If I paint this picture, I shall certainly be killed. Either the Archduke will have me slaughtered like a pig for having disobeyed him or the courtiers will have me murdered for painting them as they really are. In either case I am to die. What am I to do? Perhaps it is wiser not to paint this picture at all.' 1. Find a word from the passage which means 'to kill'.

2. Pick out the sentence from the passage which shows that Tyl would definitely be killed.

3. What quality of Tyl is evident in this paragraph?

4. Find a word which is an antonym of 'obey'.

5. Why did Tyl think that he would definitely be killed?

1. Slaughter 2.Certainly 3." if I paint this pic ill be killed" 4. disobey 5. because he doesn't want Tyl to paint the picture

Explanation:

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.

what is your question because all i see is "i'll give 25p. and give brainliest.