Question

Questions 1–2: Read the following example paragraph (with each sentence numbered) and then answer the questions.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The topic sentence is Sentence (1).

2. Sentence (5) is irrelevant to the paragraph.

3. The structural order that the paragraph uses is Comparison and Contrast.

4 - 8. The most effective order for developing a paragraph on each of the following topics is:

Topic                                                             Effective Structural Order

My Summer Vacation                                  Chronological order

How to House-Train Your Dog                   Order of importance

The Pros and Cons of Home Ownership  Comparison and contrast

The Well-Organized Office                         Spatial order

Project Feasibility Report                            Order of importance

9 - 11. The topic sentence is the sentence that contains the main idea of a paragraph.  It is a combination of the topic and the controlling idea behind the topic.

middle

linking

Explanation:

When you read the topic sentence, it shows the main point that the writer wants to convey to her readers.  The reader is focused on what the remaining passage is discussing.  The topic sentence unifies the paragraph based on the paper's thesis.