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It is the first sentence of a paragraph which is the topic sentence.
It is your topic sentence for your body paragraph, put in simple terms.
the first sentence of the paragraph is called the topic sentence which should describe most of the paragraph for the reader to understand. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph. It makes a statement (about a topic) and the rest of the paragraph explains the topic sentence or gives examples of the topic sentence. The second sentence of a paragraph can sometimes be the topic sentence. Sometimes it is called a summary sentence.
No, a supporting sentence supports the topic sentence.
if a paragraph does not have a topic sentence then
The sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph is called the 'Topic Sentence'.
Final.
A topic sentence is a sentence that explains your topic.
He provided an explanatory explanation for the complex topic.
A topic sentence grabs a readers attention
The sentences that restates the topic sentence.
if a paragraph does not have a topic sentence then