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GCSE English Language · key term
A sentence that establishes the main idea of a paragraph, often near its beginning.
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A sentence that establishes a paragraph’s main focus, often near its beginning.
Revise: Paragraphs and cohesionA topic sentence often helps readers recognise the focus, but it is not a compulsory opening formula for every paragraph. A narrative paragraph may begin with an action or image instead. Start a new paragraph when time, place or focus changes, or when a different character speaks.
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A sentence that establishes the main focus of a paragraph, often near its beginning.
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A sentence stating the main point of a paragraph.
Revise: Component 01 Question 2: synthesising similaritiesA clear topic sentence makes the shared idea easy to follow; the rest of the paragraph proves and explains it.
A sentence that introduces the main idea of a paragraph.
A sentence that establishes the main idea of a paragraph, usually placed at its beginning in explanatory or argumentative writing.
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