A topic sentence is the sentence in the paragraph
which summarises the main idea of the whole paragraph. These sentences
are important when you are writing because they are “sign posts”
and show you what direction you are going in.
- The most important reason why British people
talk so much about the weather is its unpredictability. Just
because it's January does not mean that there will be snow, in
fact it may well be quite mild and sunny.
- When a skeleton is found the whole surrounding
area has to be cleared. Firstly the rock is carefully removed
from above the skeleton and the bones are protected from any
damage as far as possible with plaster casts.
- Minimalist music has often been criticised for
being excessively simple, boring and plane. John Adams is an
exception, which allows encouraging criticism. Critics have loved
his clear, radiant and more or less provocative style.
- Punctuation has been defined many ways. Some
grammarians use the analogy of stitching: punctuation as the
basting that holds the fabric of language in shape. Another writer
tells us that punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language:
they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
(from Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss,
2003)
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