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When I prepare to write a speech, the idea summary will be found in the topic sentence.
The summary of THE PIGMAN was hard to understand.
The topic sentence is a primarily prescriptive grammatical term to describe what is usually, but not always, the first sentence in a paragraph. The topic sentence acts as a kind of summary and offers the reader an insightful view of the writer's main ideas for the following paragraph. More than just being a mere summary, however, a topic sentence often provides a claim or an insight directly or indirectly related to the thesis. It adds cohesion to a paper and helps organize ideas both within the paragraph and the whole body of work at large. Its use is considered standard in the American educational system and most venues of writing mainly because it increases reading accessibility
The summary of a book is on the back cover.
Here's an example.How do you use the word topic in a sentence?
The summary sentence for the whole text
A summary is a paragraph giving the overall idea.
yes you can
you don't
The details included had to be pertinent to our topic.
There is a series of books to read in that topic.
The first sentence of a paragraph is normally the topic sentence i.e. it is the sentence that is supported by the remaining sentences.