Activity 1 Identify the topic sentence and the type of exemplification used in the
following. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Kindness is being generous with others, giving your time, money,
and talent to support those who are in need. Performing random
acts of kindness can help someone to see the good in the world.
As you spread joy and happiness, you will help others experience
the good during difficult times.
2. Exceptional people live with a sense of inner elegance and are
graceful even amidst a challenge. They are able to handle
themselves in a noble and ethical manner. They hold good
posture, their energy has a mystery, softness, strength and
cleverness to it. They are vulnerable yet self-assured.​

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.