topic sentence
topic sentence · topic sentences
A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be…A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
» In Lojban, one can optionally write a topic-comment sentence, as in an Oriental language.
Meaning
1 sensesA sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
Examples
1 sentencesIn Lojban, one can optionally write a topic-comment sentence, as in an Oriental language.
Forms
plural: topic sentences| Singular | topic sentence |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedparagraph break