Read the description.
in the short story "zlateh the goat," aaron and zlateh are forced to take shelter in a haystack during a blizzard. which best distinguishes fact from fiction in this description?
a. this scene is factual because something like this really could happen.

b. this scene is fictional. while the events might have happened to someone at some time, we can't be sure that this moment actually happened.

c. the scene is factual because aaron and zlateh actually existed; however, the events of the story are fictional.

d. the blizzard is factual—blizzards really do happen. however, aaron and zlateh are fictional characters

B. This scene is fictional. While the events might have happened to someone at some time, we can't be sure that this moment actually happened.

Explanation:

In literature, it can sometimes be difficult to differentiate between fact and fiction. However, there are some guidelines that can help us better understand this difference. Factual events are those that we know for sure happened. Most of the time, in order to be sure of this, we base ourselves on research or concrete evidence. On the other hand, if we do not know whether an event happened or not (or if we know for a fact that it did not), but we still use it in a story, then this event is fiction.

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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.