Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Two different groups of black musicians grew up in New Orleans. (2) The first of these, the slaves, brought with them the music of Africa and the influences of Caribbean music. (3) Denied education and opportunity by slavery, they improvised, making instruments from gourds, bamboo, and bone. (4) They created songs charged with emotion: work songs, chants, and spirituals. (5) In contrast to the slaves, the "free men of color" were raised as Creoles. (6) Formally educated and sometimes sent to European schools, they were well versed in classical music, and they played classical instruments. (7) During the Reconstruction period, these two groups of musicians were flung together. (8) The brilliant child of this unlikely union was jazz.
Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 8

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Janetria Burnett · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The topic sentence is the sentence that introduces the main idea of the paragraph. In this case, sentence 1 is the topic sentence because it introduces the two different groups of black musicians in New Orleans. The rest of the paragraph builds on and provides details about these two groups and their contributions to the development of jazz.

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