2. Read paragraph 4 of “The Hope of Esperanto” on
page 13 of your text. Click the correct topic sentence.
• For a while, people worried that Esperanto would die out; however,
it has survived, and today Esperanto is spoken all over the world.
• Esperanto speakers can be found in 90 countries in Europe, Asia,
Australia, and North and South America
• It is estimated that between 1 and 2 million people worldwide speak
Esperanto.
3. Yes, that’s correct!
• The paragraph is about Esperanto. What about Esperanto? It is
being spoken all over the world; it is not dying out.
• The details support this:
• Speakers in 90 countries
• 1-2 million people speak Esperanto.
• Taught in schools
• International meetings held in Esperanto
• World Esperanto Congress with 2,300 people from 62 countries.
4. No, go back and look again.
• What is the paragraph about? Esperanto
• What about Esperanto? Lots of people speak Esperanto
• Another hint: Sentences with specific numbers are often details,
not general ideas. The topic sentence must be a general idea.
5. Read paragraph 5 of “The Hope of Esperanto” on
page 13 of your text. Click the correct topic sentence.
• Many people who study Esperanto say that it is easy to learn..
• All nouns in Esperanto end in o, adjectives end in a, and infinitive
verbs end in i.
• But others think Esperanto’s numerous suffixes and prefixes make it
more difficult.
6. Yes, that’s correct!
•The paragraph is about Esperanto. What
about Esperanto? It is easy to learn.
•The details support this:
•Logical grammar
•16 rules and no exceptions
•Word forms: nouns –o, adjectives –a, verbs –i
•Learn in 100 hours or less
7. No, go back and look again.
• What is the paragraph about? Learning Esperanto
• What about learning Esperanto? _________
Find the sentence that expresses this general
idea.
This sentence is a supporting detail.
8. No, go back and look again.
• What is the paragraph about? Learning Esperanto
• What about learning Esperanto? _________
• Do the details talk about Esperanto being difficult?
Find the sentence that expresses the general
idea given by the details.
9. Read paragraph 6 of “The Hope of Esperanto” on
page 13 of your text. Choose the correct topic sentence.
• Esperanto is used for academic and artistic works, too.
• Novels, poems, and short stories have all been written in Esperanto
• There are several movies produced entirely in Esperanto as well.
• This was followed in 1965 by Incubus, starring William Shatner
10. Yes, that’s correct!
• The paragraph is about Esperanto. What about
Esperanto? It is used for academic & artistic works.
• The details support this:
– Magazines and journals – Translated books
– Literature/books – Movies
– Novels, poems, short – Radio broadcasts
stories – Museum
– Nobel prize for
literature
11. No, go back and look again.
• This sentence says novels, poems and short
stories. Does it include ALL the types of works
mentioned in the paragraph?
• Find the sentence that covers all the details.
12. No, go back and look again.
• This sentence mentions movies. Does it include
ALL the types of works mentioned in the
paragraph?
• Find the sentence that covers all the details.
13. No, go back and look again.
• This sentence is a specific detail. Find the general
sentence.
14. Read paragraph 7 of “The Hope of Esperanto” on
page 13 of your text. Choose the correct topic sentence.
• Thanks to the Internet, Esperanto is spreading like never before.
• There are even websites where you can download music in
Esperanto.
• Esperanto is alive and well.
• In Hungary, Esperanto is the third most widely spoken foreign
language.
15. Yes, that’s correct!
• The paragraph is about Esperanto today.
• The details support this:
– It is spreading because of the Internet.
– There are Web sites about Esperanto.
– It has spread to Mongolia and Indonesia.
– It is widely spoken in Hungary.
16. No, go back and look again.
• This sentence seems like a topic sentence, but
think of the umbrella idea. It doesn’t cover all the
details. What about “In Hungary, Esperanto is the
third most widely spoken foreign language”?
17. No, go back and look again.
• This sentence is a detail. You need to find a
general sentence that tells about the topic.
18. You are finished!
Now go to your textbook and
read all of the article “The
Hope of Esperanto: A
Language without Borders.”
