Read the following paragraph and identify its topic and the main idea by filling in the blanks. 1 Stories have the magic to focus our attention and maintain our interest. 2 The politician or preacher who says, “That reminds me of a story...” has an audience’s attention immediately. 3 Consider the success of television’s 60 Minutes , the longest-running and most profitable prime-time show in the history of television. 4 The person behind its success, producer Don Hewitt, says, “The secret of our show is so simple I can’t believe the formula hasn’t been followed by others. 5 Its’s four words that every kid knows: ‘Tell me a story.’ 6 I look at things in screening rooms and I say, ' That’s an interesting guy and those are some great scenes you’ve got, but what’s the story?' ” 7 Without the “story,” Hewitt knows the audience is leaving. The topic is . The main idea is sentence .