Whether you do or do not open a gift in the presence of the giver; whether you should or should not turn the plate over to look at the maker’s symbol on the back; whether you put your coat on before or after you leave the host’s house; whether you eat as quietly or as noisily as possible; whether you carry on a conversation during a meal; whether you walk in front of or behind a seated person; whether it is a friendly or an offensive gesture to put your hand on the arm of the person with whom you are talking—these and a thousand other questions are matters of cultural definition. None of them is inherently right or wrong, and none is good or bad manners except as a society defines it so.
In a well-written paragraph of detail and example, all the facts support the topic sentence. Pick out the irrelevant material in the following:
2. The topic sentence: Male chauvinism is evident in TV commercial advertisements.
Supporting evidence:
①Commercials are new in China compared to those in developed countries.
②Television sets, like air-conditioners, are seen as luxury goods in China.
③There are two female images in Chinese TV commercials: traditional women busy with household chores and “modern women” who believe that pleasure is the most important thing in life.
④In TV ads, “modern women” usually invire their boyfriends to buy them presents.
⑤Chinese men have got nicknames, like “qiguanyan” or “mofan zhangfu”.
⑥Chinese commercials are providing a stage for women.
⑦“Modern women” appear wise in commercials because they know how to depend on men but evade conventional duties.

