This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the paragraph down into its ...

Why? The sentence no longer makes sense. 'However' is no longer linking two ideas. Subordinating conjunctions link two clauses together, a main clause and a subordinate clause, and help to show ...

Read each paragraph and then click on the sentence (or sentences) that you think is the topic sentence of that paragraph. Carpeting may initially be less expensive than installing hardwood floors.

Each of the topic sentences below is poorly written. A pull-down menu after each sentence lists the following possible problems with the topic sentence: Too general: CORRECT! This topic sentence is ...