it should support the topic
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A topic sentence is always the first sentence of a paragraph. This holds true for transition paragraphs as well as standard paragraphs.
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It is the first sentence of a paragraph which is the topic sentence.
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The topic sentence is the most important sentence - the one that tells you what the paragraph is about. Find that and you've found the topic sentence. WikiAnswers cannot do your entire assignment for you - that's cheating and it's wrong.
True. The topic sentence of a supporting paragraph typically comes at the beginning to introduce the main idea that will be discussed in that 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.
A topic sentence is the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually the first sentence of the paragraph and makes a statement about some topic. The rest of the paragraph explains the topic sentence or gives examples of the topic sentence. A thesis is an essay or treatise on a particular subject. So a thesis statement would be a (short) paragraph at the beginning of the these stating what the thesis is about.
if a paragraph does not have a topic sentence then