what is a topic sentence and why is having one in each paragraph important?
Topic Sentences. If a thesis is a road map to a paper, then a topic sentence is a guide to a paragraph. Therefore, you should. think of topic sentences as kinds of mini-theses, organizing and enabling the development of each. paragraph in a paper. Each paragraph should have its own topic sentence and should focus on only one.
Topic Sentences. All three paragraphs start out well with a topic sentence. A topic sentence is a sentence whose main idea or claim controls the rest of the paragraph; the body of a paragraph explains, develops or supports with evidence the topic sentence's main idea or claim.