Select the correct answer.
which of these is a correct statement?

a.
a topic sentence and thesis statement claims differ in magnitude.

b.
a topic sentence summarizes the central thesis.

c.
a topic sentence and a thesis statement are essentially the same thing.

d.
a topic sentence includes evidence from the text.

A

Explanation:

a topic and thesis do differ in magnitude. A topic sentence gives the reader an idea of what a paragraph is about, the thesis is basically the central idea of the whole essay.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).