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Originally Posted by tdol Couldn't wejust go to the actual end of the sentence and regard it as a rather long topic sentence. |
Initially I thought that way. But now it seems to me that "
ringing resonantly in the fine speeches of the world leaders,
advocated passionately by the massed groups of environmental and development organizations,
amplified with increasing authority by the world's media" is some sort of example which supports the controlling idea, "(the work) has a very high profile"; it's too detailed to be called "the topic sentence".
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Originally Posted by tdol An alternative view could be that the third sentence is actually the topic sentence.  |
Yeh, I thought it was possible as well. But it looks like "It is easier to be "green" today than ever before" is a restatement of "Some of the foundation work for a more just, sustainable future has a very high profile." So I take it as the conclusion, which is usually the restatement of the main idea.
What do you think, tdol?