Identifying Topic Sentences

The topic sentence does not entirely tell the idea of the paragraph.

• True

• False

The topic sentence states the subject and the purpose of the paragraph.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The topic sentence gives the reader the idea of what he/she is going to read.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Topic sentence is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A paragraph must only contain one main idea.

• True

• False

A paragraph is a group of related sentences that present and develop one main idea.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A topic sentence maybe found at the beginning, middle and end of the paragraph.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The topic sentence in a paragraph summarizes what the entire paragraph is all about.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

One cannot identify the topic sentence if he/she does not understand the whole paragraph.

• True

• False

A topic sentence is usually a question.

• True

• False