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Title: Topic Sentences


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Topic Sentences
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Three Steps to Developing a Strong Topic Sentence
  • A topic sentence supports the main point directly
  • First, come up with a starting topic
  • Usually broad-ex. Celebrities
  • Second, narrow the topic to come up with a topic
    sentence
  • Limited topic-ex. People are too obsessed with
    celebrities
  • Third, develop a topic sentence
  • The American public is overly obsessed with
    celebrity culture.

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DONTS of Creating a Strong Topic Sentence
  • DONT create a title ex. What celebrities mean
    to me.
  • DONT explain what you are going to be
    discussing ex. In this paper, I will talk about
    how Americans are obsessed with celebrities
  • I know this is what you will be discussing! You
    dont have to tell me that!

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Paragraph Details
  • Each sentence that follows the topic sentence,
    must relate back to the main sentence.
  • Ex. The American public is overly obsessed with
    celebrity culture. Too many people spend their
    time devoted to watching the actions of people
    that live in Hollywood, rather than focus on
    their own lives. Magazines and web sites exist
    for the sole purpose of divulging celebrity
    gossip. People need to spend more time concerning
    themselves with what is going on in the real
    world, rather than creating icons out of the rich
    and famous.

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Create Topic Sentences
  • Limited topic how to train a cat
  • 1. This paragraph is about how to train a cat.
  • 2. Before a cat learns anything, it first teaches
    its owner a lesson in humility
  • 3. Everything you wouldnt have thought to ask
    about training a cat.
  • 4. Training a cat takes physical stamina.
  • 5. Animal training is a complicated subject.

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Which could be a topic sentence?
  • Limited topic scuba diving
  • 1. The excitement of scuba diving.
  • 2. My childhood fascination with scuba diving.
  • 3. It is very interesting to experience scuba
    diving.
  • 4. The sport of scuba diving has always excited
    me.
  • 5. Since I was a child, Ive been fascinated by
    scuba diving.

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Paragraph Assignment
  • For this assignment, you will be required to
    write a number of paragraphs revolving around the
    same topic. Each paragraph should be 5-6
    sentences in length. Start with a topic sentence
    and each following sentence should support,
    describe, or further explain the topic, depending
    on the paragraph category.
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