Topic And Scope Practice

Excerpt 1

The theater director, the person responsible for the staging and dramatic impact of the stage performance, is a relatively recent phenomenon whose rise is parallel with the emergence of certain political and social strains new to the nineteenth century, beginning in Germany.

What is the topic?

What is the scope?
The emergence of this theater artist out of broader societal changes in the 1800's.

Excerpt 2

The strategies and tactics and, hence, the outcome of the battle of Gettysburg could have turned out very differently had it not been for the intelligence gathered by each side in the days prior to the battle.

What is the topic?

What is the scope?
The effect of military intelligence on the outcome.

There are a lot of passages that could be written on this battle. This particular one focuses on the background leading up to it.