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Aimi Syazana HasnudinCELPAD, IIUM
Ash 2009
Like main ideas in reading, topic sentences work to provide a general overview of the whole paragraph.
Topic sentences are usually placed at the beginning of a paragraph.
However, you can have your topic sentence somewhere else in the paragraph – except at the end of the paragraph.
Ash 2009
Controlling ideas is also known as supporting details.
Controlling ideas work to give reasons, examples or explanations that support the topic of the sentence.
Ash 2009
The national park or Taman Negara is the largest park in Malaysia.
TOPICSUPPORTING
DETAILS
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People can avoid burglaries by taking certain precautions
TOPIC
SUPPORTING DETAILS
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http://www.eslbee.com/topic_sentences.htm
Sources from: http://www.eslbee.com/topic_sentences.htm
Basic English Workbook, UITM publication
Ash 2009