Thesis vs Topic Sentence

This sentence begins each body paragraph

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

This tells the reader what the whole essay will be about

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

The last sentence of the introductory paragraph

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

This sentence gets flipped in the concluding paragraph/Shows up in the concluding paragraph

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

This sentence tells the reader what that one particular paragraph will be about

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

As long as you have a thesis statement, you don't need to write topic sentences.

• True

• False

One sentence

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

• Both

• Neither

Re-states the prompt

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

• Both

• Neither

Helps guide the reader in some way

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

• Both

• Neither

Which sentence provides the main idea of an essay?

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

• Supporting Detail

• Conclusion