What's Off Topic? Activity
Answer Key
Exercise 1:
- What question is raised by the topic sentence?
How was your experience going to a haunted house with your friends last week scary?
- What three sentences are off topic and need to be cut? (you can just list the numbers of the sentences)
9, 12, 14
Exercise 2:
- What question is raised by the topic sentence?
Why did you have to repeat your senior year of high school?
- What three sentences are off topic and need to be cut? (you can just list the numbers of the sentences)
5, 8, 12
Exercise 3:
- What question is raised by the topic sentence?
What are some of the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?
- What three sentences are off topic and need to be cut? (you can just list the numbers of the sentences)
4, 7, 9