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Crafting Effective Topic Sentences

To write a good paragraph, you need to start with a topic sentence that expresses an idea about the general topic. For example, some topic sentences state reasons for wanting to get rid of a dog, discuss the difficulties of being a celebrity, or explain different reasons why people lie. A good topic sentence forms a complete sentence that conveys a point of view rather than just defining the topic.

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Crafting Effective Topic Sentences

To write a good paragraph, you need to start with a topic sentence that expresses an idea about the general topic. For example, some topic sentences state reasons for wanting to get rid of a dog, discuss the difficulties of being a celebrity, or explain different reasons why people lie. A good topic sentence forms a complete sentence that conveys a point of view rather than just defining the topic.

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Topic Sentence

To start writing a paragraph, you have to choose a topic. The topic is a general subject.

A good reader looks for the topic of a selection and then the idea that is expressed about that topic. Therefore, a good writer starts with a topic and then
decides what idea to advance about that topic.

Here are examples of topics and the ideas about the topics (topic sentence/main idea):

Topic Topic sentence (main idea)

My dog Punch I have several reasons for wanting to get rid of Punch.

Celebrities Being a celebrity is often difficult.

Why people lie People lie for different reasons.

Exercise There are several possible ways to encourage your family to exercise more often.

Depression Serious depression has definite warning signs.

Memory Several factors can interfere with having a good memory.

Teacher My senior business teacher, Mrs. Catherine, was the best teacher I ever had.

Fast-food restaurants Given a choice, I prefer a fast-food restaurant to a diner.

My dog Rusty, my golden retriever, has some odd habits.

Elevator Green elevators could be implemented in all Indonesian International airport.

How to develop a good topic sentence:

1. A topic sentence should be in the form of complete sentence.


2. A topic sentence expresses a point (an idea, a stand point or a judgement) NOT simply definition.

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