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What's the most important thing I want to tell my reader about the observations I've made?
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∙ 12y agoIt is called the" controlling idea"
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What do you call the first sentence of a paragraph?
The sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph is called the 'Topic Sentence'.
Which is the topic sentence in the paragraph?
The sentences that restates the topic sentence.
What is topic sentence?
A topic sentence grabs a readers attention
How is a topic sentence and a transitional sentence alike?
A topic sentence and a transitional sentence are not related. A transitional sentence moves the reader from point to point, each which supports the main argument or topic sentence.
What should the sentences in a body paragraph do?
support the topic sentence
What strategy could you try if you are not sure which supporting details will work best?
Turn the topic sentence into a question.
How do you know which sentence is the topic sentence?
it is the first sentence and states part of the question
What is a good topic sentence for how are protons and electrons are different and alike?
You just wrote your topic sentence. Read your question.
How do you write a topic sentence about a specific topic?
The topic sentence or thesis sentence is just the sentence which states your main idea. Usually, your teacher will assign a topic, and you just have to come up with a paragraph or essay about that. Write the topic on your paper. Now, make a list of everything you know about that topic - look things up in your textbook or using a search engine if you need to! You must decide which of these things is most interesting to you - your paper will be much easier if you write about something that you find interesting. That statement will be the topic of your writing; make it into a complete sentence with correct grammar and punctuation. You might try writing a question about the topic that you want to learn about or to explain - change the question into a statement and you have your topic sentence. ** see the related questions below **
Can a topic sentence be a question?
Yes many good topic sentences are in fact questions yes
How do you know that information is unrelated to the topic and can be eliminated?
In your mind, change the topic sentence into a question. If the information can be used as an answer to that question, then it is good supporting information. Any information which does not directly answer the topic "question" can be eliminated.
The sentence that state the main idea of the paragraph?
It is the first sentence of a paragraph which is the topic sentence.
How do you find the main idea or topic sentence in a paragraph?
The topic sentence or thesis statement gives you the main idea of the paragraph. If you are not sure what the main idea is, read the paragraph again and look at each sentence. See if that is the sentence which all the other sentences support by turning it into a question and see if the other sentences answer that question.The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of the 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.
Why in every essay bacon use of to the topic first?
start off by restating the question. that could be your topic sentence.
What would you look for when you try to identify the main idea in a single paragraph?
Topic sentence
What question do you ask yourself when your trying to find the topic?
What is the statements or question is basically about and what you understand about it and what are the punctuation marks in that sentence
What topic sentence is in a paragraph?
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.
