After each paragraph and topic statement, indicate whether the topic stated is too broad, too narrow, or correct by choosing the letter of the correct answer.

The latest figures suggest that malaria sickened 300 million people last year and killed 3 million. Many of those victims were under the age of 5. Researchers believe that the average number of cases of malaria per year in Africa has quadrupled since the 1980s. A study in the journal Lancet reported that the death rate due to malaria has at least doubled among children in eastern and southern Africa; some rural areas have seen a heartbreaking 11-fold jump in mortality.


The topic of this paragraph is malaria in eastern and southern Africa.
a. too broad
b. too narrow
c. the correct topic


b. too narrow

Language Arts & World Languages

You might also like to view...

Volere, Potere, Dovere. Mario parla di quello che vogliono fare i suoi amici sabato sera. Prima, però, vengono i loro doveri. Scrivi le cose che vogliono fare, le cose che possono fare e poi le cose che devono fare. Usa i verbi modali volere, potere, e dovere.

Esempio: Luisa (v) vuole andare alla festa. (P) Può andare, ma prima (d) deve fare i compiti. La Signora Pascucci (v)_______________ mangiare al nuovo ristorante della città ma non (p)_______________ perché (d)_______________ preparare la cena per i suoi nipoti.

Language Arts & World Languages

Complete the following sentence

Estamos tratando de _______________ el mercado de Colombia.

Language Arts & World Languages

Which sentence is a run-on sentence?

A) Bill went to the football game, and Sue stayed home. B) Bill went to the football game Sue stayed home. C) Bill went to the football game. Sue stayed home.

Language Arts & World Languages

How does the narrator convey their changing relationship?

What will be an ideal response?

Language Arts & World Languages