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Azrina Abu Bakar 2013 THE TOPIC SENTENCE AND CONTROLLING IDEAS

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Azrina Abu Bakar2013

THE TOPIC SENTENCE AND CONTROLLING IDEAS

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The Topic Sentence

Introduce the main idea of the paragraph/purpose.

Inform the reader what the paragraph will be about.

The most general sentence in the paragraph.It acts as an “umbrella” that “covers” all of

the ideas in the paragraph.Contains controlling ideas that control the

information in the paragraph.

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Controlling IdeasWords or phrases that gives the main ideas in

the paragraph/ an idea that limits the content of a paragraph to one aspect of the topic.

The sentence that follow the topic sentence will then : explain, define, clarify, illustrate.

After the topic sentence appears, the readers expect that the sentences that follow will answer questions about the controlling ideas :

Who? What? When? Why? Where? How? How much?

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ExamplesIt is very difficult to be alone in a foreign country

Why? In what ways? How do you know?

Most people have the wrong idea about the definition of statistics.What idea is wrong? What is the right definition? Why?

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