PLACEMENT OF

TOPIC SENTENCE
READ IT!
I love football! I love football when I was a
small boy, and I love it now. My favorite team
is the Philippine Azkals. I go to see our local
club team every weekend, and now I play for
the college three times a week.
QUESTIONS:
1. What is the paragraph all about?
2. What is the topic of the paragraph?
READ IT!
I love football! I love football when I was a
small boy, and I love it now. My favorite team
is the Philippine Azkals. I go to see our local
club team every weekend, and now I play for
the college three times a week.

 Try to find the sentence that contains the

topic?
MOTIVE QUESTION:
• Based from the sample paragraph earlier, what is
now a topic sentence?
TOPIC SENTENCE
Is a statement that expresses the central
thought or the gist of the paragraph.

TWO TYPES OF TOPIC SENTENCE

Expressed
Implied
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SENTENCE

Constructing a wedding cake is a complicated

process. Before any baking takes place, the size of the
cake and the decorative design to be used must be
determined. Then the layers are baked. On a large
cake the bottom layers may be as much as sixteen
inches in diameter. Because of their size, these layers
must be baked one at a time, a process which may
actually take an entire day.
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SENTENCE

In the paragraph above, the topic sentence is

Constructing a wedding cake is a complicated process.
The steps involved in constructing this type of cake are
told in time order, beginning with baking and ending
with decorating.
Note that, although the paragraph draws to a logical
conclusion, the topic sentence is not repeated in the
end position.
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SENTENCE

1) Topic Sentence at the Beginning of the Paragraph

The diagram below show the position of the topic sentence like an
INVERTED TRIANGLE.
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SENTENCE

When a camera flash is used in a low-light

environment, the subject's eyes may appear red in the
finished photograph. What is known as "red-eye" is the
result of light from the flash reflecting off the pupils of the
eyes. The phenomenon of red-eye can be lessened by using
the red-eye reduction feature found on many SLR
cameras. This feature activates a lamp which shines a small
light directly into the subject's eyes. When this happens,
the diameter of the pupil is reduced, thus tightening the
opening in the iris. Since a smaller pupil means a smaller
host for the reflection, the chances of red-eye occurring
are greatly reduced.
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SENTENCE

In the above paragraph, the topic sentence is The

phenomenon of red-eye can be lessened by using the
red-eye reduction feature found on many SLR
cameras. It serves to connect information about the
cause of red-eye (found at the beginning of the
paragraph) with information about how the problem
can be alleviated (found after the topic sentence).
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SENTENCE

2) Topic Sentence at the Middle of the Paragraph

The diagram below shows the position of the topic sentence like a
DIAMOND.
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SENTENCE

People do it everyday. They log on to their favorite

website and browse for hours, checking out bargains. They
dump every possible wish into their shopping carts,
knowing they can cast each one aside before they finalize
their purchases. On the way, they may enter a sweepstakes
in the hopes of winning a trip to Cabo San Lucas, or
maybe even a new SUV. And then, when they have decided
on their purchases, they enter private information without
giving it a thought. With a keystroke, they release their
personal data into what may or may not be a secure zone.
Despite what much of the public believes, internet shopping
is not safe.
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SENTENCE

In this paragraph, the idea that internet shopping

may not be safe could be considered controversial. For
this reason, groundwork is laid before the final, topic
sentence is stated.
Despite what much of the public believes, internet
shopping is not safe.
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SENTENCE

3) Topic Sentence at the End of the Paragraph

The diagram below shows the position of the topic sentence like an UP
RIGHT TRIANGLE.
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SENTENCE
Throwing a clay pot, the age old art of making pottery
on a wheel, is a process that requires many steps. Assuming
the potter does not have to make his own clay, the first step
toward the finished product is wedging the clay. Here, the
potter kneads the clay to prepare it for throwing. Wedging
cannot be rushed. A minimum of fifty turns is required to rid
the clay of air pockets and align its molecules. Once wedged
and formed into a ball, the clay is thrown onto the center of a
potter's wheel. Now the material must be centered. Centering
not only takes strength but time as well. The clay must be
coerced into a perfectly symmetrical shape, dead center on
the spinning wheel.
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SENTENCE

To proceed with poorly centered clay is to court

certain disaster in the form of tilting, uneven pots, or
worse, the total collapse of the piece. When correctly
centered, the clay is ready to be opened. To do this, the
potter finds the center of the clay and slowly sinks a rigid
finger into the still-spinning clay. Only now can the clay be
shaped. With a steady but gentle hand, the potter pulls up
the sides of the pot until the desired height is reached. Now
the shaping is completed and the pot is ready to be dried,
fired, and glazed. Thus, even though a clay pot may appear
simple to make, fashioning one by hand is a long and
sometimes tedious process.
 PLACEMENT OF THE TOPIC
SENTENCE
Throwing a clay pot, the age old art of making pottery
on a wheel, is a process that requires many steps. Assuming
the potter does not have to make his own clay, the first step
toward the finished product is wedging the clay. Here, the
potter kneads the clay to prepare it for throwing. Wedging
cannot be rushed. A minimum of fifty turns is required to rid
the clay of air pockets and align its molecules. Once wedged
and formed into a ball, the clay is thrown onto the center of a
potter's wheel. Now the material must be centered. Centering
not only takes strength but time as well. The clay must be
coerced into a perfectly symmetrical shape, dead center on
the spinning wheel.
PLACEMENT OF THE TOPIC
SENTENCE

To proceed with poorly centered clay is to court

certain disaster in the form of tilting, uneven pots, or
worse, the total collapse of the piece. When correctly
centered, the clay is ready to be opened. To do this, the
potter finds the center of the clay and slowly sinks a rigid
finger into the still-spinning clay. Only now can the clay be
shaped. With a steady but gentle hand, the potter pulls up
the sides of the pot until the desired height is reached. Now
the shaping is completed and the pot is ready to be dried,
fired, and glazed. Thus, even though a clay pot may appear
simple to make, fashioning one by hand is a long and
sometimes tedious process.
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SENTENCE

4) Topic Sentence at the Beginning and End of the

Paragraph
The diagram below shows the position of the topic sentence like an
HOUR GLASS.
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