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topic sentence
or topical sentence
noun
- a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
topic sentence
noun
- a sentence in a paragraph that expresses the main idea or point of the whole paragraph
topic sentence
- The main sentence in a paragraph , often the first sentence. It briefly conveys the essential idea of the paragraph.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of topic sentence1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
Frame a sentence which you think would be an adequate topic sentence for the whole piece.
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In this paragraph every sentence is a repetition of some part of the opening or topic sentence, and serves to explain it.
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Is his last sentence, in case it is a repetition of the topic, longer or shorter than the topic sentence?
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In these cases the topic-sentence follows the transition, and it may come as late as the middle of the paragraph.
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Below are four paragraphs, from different forms of discourse, all having the topic-sentence at the beginning.
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