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Apatzinguense Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Paragraph Writing--Topic Sentence VS Main Idea

I learned paragraph writing by using four bases: Unity, Details, Coherence, and Sentence Skills. Many books on paragraph writing use different terms though, and this is getting me a bit confused.

One particular book I am using uses "Main Idea" as an initial requirement to develop a paragraph; however it does not use the term "topic sentence" at this initial step. Would it be safe to say that a "topic sentence" is made up of a particular "main idea" that will be developed using details? I would appreciate your input. As I stated above, when writing paragraphs, I develop them in terms of the four bases mentioned above-- Unity,Details, Coherence, and Sentence Skills. I would appreciate your input.


  

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apatzinguense Would it be safe to say that a "topic sentence" is made up of a particular "main idea" that will be developed using details? Yes. apatzinguense when writing paragraphs, I develop them in terms of the four bases mentioned above-- Unity,Details, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.

— Mister Micawber

  • apatzinguense Would it be safe to say that a "topic sentence" is made up of a particular "main idea" that will be developed using details?
  • Yes.
  • apatzinguense when writing paragraphs, I develop them in terms of the four bases mentioned above-- Unity,Details, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.
  • I would appreciate your input.
  • Unity and coherence seem to me to be about the same thing.
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apatzinguenseWould it be safe to say that a "topic sentence" is made up of a particular "main idea" that will be developed using details?

Yes.

apatzinguensewhen writing paragraphs, I develop them in terms of the four bases mentioned above-- Unity,Details, Coherence, and Sentence Skills. I would appreciate your input.
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apatzinguense"Main Idea"

This is in your head. It is the raison d'être for your writing, be it a book, poem, article, essay or paragraph.

apatzinguense "topic sentence"

This is words on paper. It is your succinct expression of the main idea that is in your head. In essay writing, the "thesis statement" that appears

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