Topic sentences

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 Definition :

A sentence that captures the meaning of

the entire paragraph or group of
sentences.
It tells what the passage is mainly about
It is usually located at the beginning of
each paragraph.
Example of the topic sentences:
Fortune hunters encounter many
difficulties when exploring a shipwreck.
 Topic: exploring a shipwreck
 Controlling idea: many difficulties
= the sentense tells the readers that the topic of
this paragraph is exploring a shipwreck and the
writer wants to discussthe many difficulties that
fortune hunters encounter.