Starts with general idea and uses specific examples to support that idea. reasoning starts with a more specific idea to draw a more general conclusion.

a. inductive; circular
b. inductive; deductive
c. circular; deductive
d. deductive; inductive

D- Deductive; inductive reasoning starts with general idea and uses specific examples to support that idea.

B- Inductive; deductive reasoning starts with a more specific idea to draw a more general conclusion.

D. Deductive; Inductive

Deductive reasoning starts with general idea and uses specific examples to support that idea. Inductive reasoning starts with a more specific idea to draw a more general conclusion.

Explanation:

While deductive reasoning is a logical process in which we start with a general idea, hypothesis or premises and then use specific examples to support the idea, inductive reasoning is a logical process in which we use specific observations of an action, situation, person, etc. in order to make a broad generalization, general assumption or “theory.”

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                          →     " theme " .

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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.