Topic sentence:

A topic sentence captures the key idea of the paragraph. This sentence would help the readers understand the objective of the paragraph and also helps them tie the passage with the other paragraphs and the overall essay.

Example:

Undeniably, abortion is a terrible thing. The question is not whether abortion is good; the question is whether it should be allowed. There are many people who do not believe in “necessary evil”. There are people who believe that if a woman becomes pregnant, that child should be born no matter the circumstances. As a result, the child is required to face the consequences of the parents’ actions, even if they might suffer. Is it fair to the child to be born in an inhospitable environment? No child should ever question whether or not he or she should have been born.
Topic Sentence of above example - (Children should be born to parents that are ready to raise the children and give them a fair chance in life).





Review the following two paragraphs and separately add a topic sentence to help the readers understand what the paragraphs are about. Also, color-code your topic sentence in blue.


1. In our society everything is used for personal attraction and social success and
breast-feeding is supposed to spoil these. What might be tempting on a Cosmopolitan
cover is looked down upon when the same part of the body is used for feeding (one
might remember another episode in Seinfeld in which a scantly-clad friend of Elaine
walks on the road only to lead Kramer and Jerry to a car accident). Many women even
in this Feminist age still believe that breastfeeding does not have any health value for children and are worried that
breastfeeding would only spoil their attractiveness.

2. Some thinkers have argued that if men are mostly built to get financial security, women
are designed for the birth and welfare of children and thus breast-feeding is a biological necessity. Gillian Bentley, a Royal Society research fellow at the University College in London, England, argues that
women's breasts were meant
for feeding babies and not for any romantic purpose. Even the books on motherhood do not
suggest that breastfeeding is a personal right which has a social purpose and doing it
in public is perfectly all right. In some states it is not legal to nurse a child in public, and
law-makers fear that allowing this practice in public would allow women with exhibitionist
tendency to misuse the activity (Tamaro 145).