topic sentence

The new test is full of concepts like "supporting details," "the main idea," and "topic sentences."

How I longed to meet that trusty friend, the topic sentence.

She urges readers to avoid the passive voice, to write in complete sentences and to make sure every paragraph has a topic sentence.

The student writes a complete topic sentence in the center rectangle.

She uses topic sentences to telegraph where she is headed.

But why then isn't it a topic sentence?

Because text messaging their friend in the next room is more fun than learning about the topic sentence.

Typically, she said, these programs insist that the student begin with "a topic sentence," followed by three ideas supporting it, and so on throughout the composition.

He bemoans the fact that American children have been taught to think of a composition as "a finished edifice," glued to its topic sentence.

Your paragraph should have a good topic sentence.