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Topic and Clincher Sentences

Topic and Clincher Sentences. Topic Sentences. Don’t hide what the paragraph Is about!!!! Show your audience!. The first sentence of each BODY paragraph Tells the reader what your paragraph is about SHOULD NOT BE A QUOTE!!!!!!. Steps to Making a Great Topic Sentence.

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Topic and Clincher Sentences

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  1. Topic and Clincher Sentences

  2. Topic Sentences Don’t hide what the paragraph Is about!!!! Show your audience! • The first sentence of each BODY paragraph • Tells the reader what your paragraph is about • SHOULD NOT BE A QUOTE!!!!!!

  3. Steps to Making a Great Topic Sentence • Decide what your paragraph is going to be about. • Write your topic sentence based on step 1. • Write your entire paragraph. • Once complete, read your paragraph and ask: • What is my paragraph about? • Does my topic sentence tell exactly what my paragraph is about? If so, you are good. If not, you need to either re-write your topic sentence or cut things out of your paragraph.

  4. Examples: How about a paragraph about how I am totally hotter than Edward? How would I start a paragraph about that… Here is an example: “Jacob is hotter than Edward because Jacob, unlike Edward, has rock hard abs.” That is easy! First, decide WHY you are hotter than Edward. Then, write a sentence that will tell the reader what your point (or paragraph) is going to be.

  5. Nice! I think I have this down. So let’s say I’m writing a paragraph about the Characterization of Walter Mitty. Hmmmm First I need to decide what the paragraph is about. Okay, my paragraph is going to be about how he is a round and static character. So my topic sentence would be, “Walter Mitty is a round and static character because he is fully developed and he remains the same from the beginning to the end of the story.”

  6. Clincher Sentences • Last sentence of BODY paragraph • Concludes paragraph • Ties up all loose ends • SHOULD NOT BE A QUOTE!!!!!!!

  7. Following Our Examples • “Because of Jacob’s rock hard abs, Jacob is far hotter than Edward.” • “Since Mitty does not change and is an individual with a complex personality, he is classified as a round and static character.”

  8. A Dependent Clause • In order to make sure you are drawing a conclusion in your clincher sentence, start it with a dependent clause at the beginning of the sentence. Use one of the following words: • Because • As a result • Since • Although • If

  9. Practice • Individually or with the person next to you, write a topic and clincher sentence for the following topics. REMEMBER THIS IS NOT AN INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH!!! WRITE YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE LIKE IT IS A BODY PARAGRAPH! • Discuss what is the best food and why it is the best. • At this point in the story, explain if Odysseus is a good or bad person.

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