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wlad13 [49]
3 years ago
7

What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?

English
2 answers:
kakasveta [241]3 years ago
7 0
To introduce what the paragraph is going to be about
nevsk [136]3 years ago
4 0

The purpose of a topic sentence is to explain the purpose of the paragraph that follows. It should summarize the content and make the reader willing to read the paragraph.


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