Watch Video: Bottom Line Up Front: Topic sentences in academic writing Thesis statements and topic sentences give readers high-level information about the claims you make in your paper. Ideally, a ...

Your choice is the topic sentence of the paragraph. INCORRECT. Try again. CORRECT! Your choice is the second of two topic sentences in this paragraph. Return to Paragraph Structure. Address and Phone.

Man in striped blue shirt and glasses: A sentence should open, introduce a subject, deal with that subject and then come to a conclusion. Man in blue jumper and hat: Start, middle and end.

Guided Practice Each of the topic sentences below is poorly written. A pull-down menu after each sentence lists the following possible problems with the topic sentence: Too general Too specific ...