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ORGANIZATION
A TOPIC SENTENCES
The TOPIC SENTENCE is a one-sentence summary of your writing.
It usually appears first, but doesn’t have to. The sentences that follow
should give DETAILS about the TOPIC SENTENCE.
EXAMPLE Look at theTOPIC SENTENCE and DETAILS below.
Ants are very hard workers. TOPIC SENTENCE
Every day they build When they find a Sometimes the thing DETAILS
nests and find food. good thing, they carry is much bigger than
it to the nest. they are!
YOUR Read the sentences. Divide them into theTOPIC SENTENCE and
TURN DETAILS.
Monkeys swing from vines. Anteaters search for bugs. Many
creatures live in the rain forest. Brightly-colored birds call from
the treetops.
Monkeys swing from Brightly-colored
vines. birds call from the
treetops.
40 ✷ Part I
A TOPIC SENTENCES
The TOPIC SENTENCE is a one-sentence summary of your writing.
It usually appears first, but doesn’t have to. The sentences that follow
should give DETAILS about the TOPIC SENTENCE.
EXAMPLE Look at theTOPIC SENTENCE and DETAILS below.
Ants are very hard workers. TOPIC SENTENCE
Every day they build When they find a Sometimes the thing DETAILS
nests and find food. good thing, they carry is much bigger than
it to the nest. they are!
YOUR Read the sentences. Divide them into theTOPIC SENTENCE and
TURN DETAILS.
Monkeys swing from vines. Anteaters search for bugs. Many
creatures live in the rain forest. Brightly-colored birds call from
the treetops.
Monkeys swing from Brightly-colored
vines. birds call from the
treetops.
40 ✷ Part I
