1. The Topic Sentence # 11th Meeting

2. # 11th Meeting The Topic Sentence The most important part in a paragraph is a topic sentence which is clearly stated. Topic sentence controls the idea of the paragraph. The most important part in a paragraph is a topic sentence which is clearly stated. Topic sentence controls the idea of the paragraph.

3. What is the point we should remember to make a clear topic sentence?

4. There are three important points to make a clear topic sentence: There are three important points to make a clear topic sentence: 1. A topic sentence is a complete sentence. 2. Topic sentence contains both a topic and a controlling idea. For example Driving on freeway (topic) requires skill and alertness (controlling idea). 3. A topic sentence is the most general statement in the paragraph because it gives only the main idea. It does not give any specific details.

5. Writing Practice I. Choose one of the suggested topics that follows, and write a paragraph that is ninety eight to hundred and two in words a. Weather a. Weather b. Games online b. Games online c. Disaster c. Disaster

6. References Hogue, Ann. 1996. Academic Writing. NY: Addison- Weasley Publishing Company Inc. Oshima, Alice. 1991. Writing Academic English. NY: Addison-Weasley Publishing Company Inc.