A topic sentence should never be put to the conclusion. It is usually seen at the beginning of a paragraph that suggest the main idea of the story.

Generally, the topic sentence appears at the beginning of the paragraph. It is often the paragraph’s very first sentence. A paragraph’s topic sentence must be general enough to express the paragraph’s overall subject.

Example of a more appropriate topic sentence: 3. Make sure to use specific words in your topic sentence – it shouldn’t be ―vague, too broad, or too narrow‖ (Brandon 40).

Sometimes referred to as a focus sentence, the topic sentence helps organize the paragraph by summarizing the information in the paragraph. In formal writing, the topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph (although it doesn’t have to be).

In general, an essay is a shorter piece of writing than a research paper or thesis. In most cases, your assignment will include clear guidelines on the number of words or pages you are expected to write. Often this will be a range rather than an exact number (for example, 2500–3000 words, or 10–12 pages).

Use: next, then, in fact, similarly, or a time word like first, second, third, and finally. Alternatively, use another sequential transition. Does this sentence add evidence? Use: for example, consequently, for this reason, or another addition transition.

Synonyms for This shows

• this demonstrates.
• this illustrates.
• this suggests.
• this indicates.
• this proves.
• this displays.
• this implies. v.
• this portrays.

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