Main Idea and Topic Sentence

The meaning of TOPIC SENTENCE is a sentence that states the main thought of a paragraph or of a larger unit of discourse and is usually placed at or near

Topic Sentence; Statement of the main idea It is the statement under which all other material in the paragraph

topic sentence It tells what the passage is mainly about The topic sentence is the most important sentence in your paragraph Carefully worded and restricted, it helps you

sentence structure The first sentence of every paragraph should outline the main idea or purpose of the whole paragraph This is called the topic sentence Everything in the rest