topic sentence

noun

A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.

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Meanings

nountopic sentence (plural topic sentences)

plural topic sentences

  1. authorshipA sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
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Chicago

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