What would be the best topic sentence for the following paragraph? “ he believes that by simply passing laws preventing the homeless from being in front of local businesses that they will just go away. this is foolish. the homeless need a place to go. his plan does not give them any options. he is not solving the problem of the homeless; he is just finding new ways to ignore it.
a. my opponent’s plan for dealing with our city’s homeless problem is flawed.
b. my opponent has an interesting idea on how to deal with the problem of the homeless.
c. the homeless problem has been ignored for too long.
d. the homeless problem in our city is not easy to fix.

A. My opponent’s plan for dealing with our city’s homeless problem is flawed.

Explanation:

Based on the following paragraph:

“ He believes that by simply passing laws preventing the homeless from being in front of local businesses that they will just go away. This is foolish. The homeless need a place to go. His plan does not give them any options. He is not solving the problem of the homeless; he is just finding new ways to ignore it.

The sentence, ''My opponent’s plan for dealing with our city’s homeless problem is flawed'' would be the best topic sentence for the paragraph.

A topic sentence should not give out too much detail about your opinion, it should give the readers a hint of what the paragraph or essay is going to be about.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.