It is the first sentence of a paragraph which is the topic sentence.
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.
if a paragraph does not have a topic sentence then
No, a supporting sentence supports the topic sentence.
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.
The sentences that restates the topic sentence.
A topic sentence grabs a readers attention
Her suggestion was completely alien to me.
if a paragraph does not have a topic sentence then
Generally the topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph and the rest of the paragraph explains or gives examples of the topic sentence. The topic sentence can also be the second sentence of the paragraph. This is when the first sentence is a linking sentence that links the paragraph to the previous paragraph. Sometimes the topic sentence can be the last sentence in the paragraph