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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.

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Controlling ideas is also known as supporting details.

Controlling ideas work to give reasons, examples or explanations that support the topic of the sentence.

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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

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