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Step 1:
State your main idea clearly. *Because your topic sentence is likely the first sentence in the paragraph, it needs to clearly state the subject matter of your paragraph without being wordy or difficult to understand.
Hook your reader.
*One of the many important roles of a topic sentence is to draw the reader in. Bring up questions in their mind that you intend to answer.
Paragraphs
A paragraph is a group of sentences that convey an idea. Each sentence works together as part of a unit to create an overall thought or impression. A paragraph is the smallest unit or cluster of sentences in which one idea can be developed adequately. Paragraphs can stand alone or function as part of an essay, but each paragraph should only cover only one main idea
A topic sentence encapsulates or organizes an entire paragraph, and you should be careful to include one in most of your major paragraphs. Although topic sentences may appear anywhere in a paragraph, in academic essays they often appear at the beginning.
Keep it short.
*The topic sentence should put forward your intention without forcing your reader to hunt it down; keeping it short will help keep your intention clear. The topic sentence should act as a middle ground in your paragraph: it should be slightly more specific than your thesis, but it should not encompass the information from your entire paragraph.
Ex.
Abraham Lincoln had a wide variety of career choices as a young man.
Avoid starting with a quote.
*You may have a fantastic quote in mind that perfectly introduces your topic. The problem is they’re not your words. The topic sentence should introduce the paragraph and hopefully include your opinion, not someone else’s.
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Good-Topic-Sentence
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/partopic.html
Give a reasonable opinion.
*The body of your paragraph is meant to prove your topic sentence. Therefore, your topic sentence should state something that you think or believe that can be supported by concrete evidence.
Concluding
A good topic sentence:
Make sure your wording is clear.
*Although it may sound appealing to fill up your topic sentence with big, formidable vocabulary words, if your topic sentence isn’t clear your effort will simply sound forced and confused.
Don’t list off information.
*Although you want to give the reader a taste of what they can expect in your upcoming paragraph, you don’t want to show all your cards right at the beginning. Don’t make a list of what you’re going to talk about, but instead give a small taste of what is to follow in your paragraph.