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Definition of Topic sentence
1. Noun. A sentence that states the topic of its paragraph.
Definition of Topic sentence
1. Noun. A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topic Sentence
Literary usage of Topic sentence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition for College Students by Joseph Morris Thomas, Frederick Alexander Manchester, Frank William Scott (1922)
"topic sentence First.—When this sentence is expressed, it is called the topic
sentence of the paragraph. ... Often, however, the topic sentence is not the ..."
2. Theme-building by Charles Henshaw Ward (1920)
"This is called the "topic sentence." It is a common device and a useful one. ...
B. UNITY WITHOUT A topic sentence But that kind of work may give a wrong ..."
3. English Composition in Theory and Practice by Henry Seidel Canby, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Henry Noble MacCracken, Alfred Arundel May, Thomas Goddard Wright (1912)
"Type II, with topic-sentence at both beginning and end, is comparatively unimportant.
... Type III, with the topic-sentence at the end, is very important, ..."
4. Talks on Writing English by Arlo Bates (1901)
"VII J THE topic sentence THE topic sentence is what might seem at first thought
a purely ... In truth, however, the topic sentence is not merely arbitrary; ..."
5. Talks on Writing English by Arlo Bates (1901)
"VII THE topic sentence THE topic sentence is what might seem at first thought a
purely mechanical device, and as such likely to cramp rather than to assist ..."
6. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"Prepare a suitable topic sentence and complete the thought it suggests in your
... Two Uses of the topic sentence. — Where the topic sentence introduces the ..."
7. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"Prepare a suitable topic sentence and complete the thought it suggests ...
Two Uses of the topic sentence. — Where the topic sentence introduces the ..."
8. The Essentials of English Composition by James Weber Linn (1916)
"... in a topic-sentence so formed as to connect itself readily with the topic-sentence
of the paragraph which follows. t Let us take another example. ..."
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