Question

Which is NOT true of a topic sentence? It does not have to be the first sentence in a paragraph, but it often is. It is the main idea, and it is usually expressed in a single sentence. If an essay has five paragraphs, it should only contain one topic sentence. The paragraph's details should support the paragraph's topic sentence.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "If an essay has five paragraphs, it should only contain one topic sentence."

A Topic sentence is a sentence that supports the main idea of the paragraph in which it is contained. It could or could not be the first sentence in a paragraph. Nevertheless, each paragraph in an essay should contain a topic sentence, as the topic sentence represents the "core" of the paragraph and the reason for its existence in the essay.