Which sentence would be the best topic sentence for Katie's paragraph? 1. Missions in California needed to grow a great deal of food in order to survive.
02. Today, some California missions still feature large metal church bells that were sent from Spain.
3. The first California mission, San Diego de Alcalá, was named after a well-known Roman Catholic saint.
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4. Missions built between the late 1700s and the early 1800s are an important part of California's history

2 today, some California missions still feature

authors choose a genre based on their purpose. fiction works well for teaching a lesson, as in fables. however, presenting facts and opinions in nonfiction might be a better way to present information. when authors begin to write, they think about what they want the reader to understand or experience. while fiction may be the best genre for storytelling, nonfiction may be the most clear for sharing facts, so both genres have merits.