Imagine you are writing an essay about Devon Parfait based on what you learned in this article, and the choices below are possible topic sentences for one of your paragraphs. Consider this passage from the text. Which topic sentence below would this textual evidence best support?
Parfait and his family left Dulac, along with many members of the community, and Parfait, who was 8 years old at the time, spent the rest of his childhood shuttling between southern Louisiana and eastern Texas. He attended four different schools in the span of eight years.
a
Parfait experienced climate-related hardships in his own childhood.
b
Tribal community and tradition is important to Parfait.
c
Parfait had to undergo a series of trials before becoming chief.
d
Parfait dedicates his time and energy to solving climate challenges in his community.
a
Parfait experienced climate-related hardships in his own childhood.
a. Parfait experienced climate-related hardships in his own childhood.
The textual evidence provided supports topic sentence option A:
Parfait experienced climate-related hardships in his own childhood.