Adalah kalimat pertama dalam paragraph. Topic sentence
memberikan atau menggambarkan ide secara umum dan masih perlu diperjelas oleh
kalimat-kalimat pendukungnya (supporting sentences) sehingga topic sentence
menjadi jelas.
Contoh topic sentence dan supporting sentences dalam sebuah
paragraph sebagai berikut:
Jakarta is the most
crowded city in Indonesia. The latest statistic figures shows that Jakarta has
9 million people while other big cities such Bandung, Surabaya and Palembang
have the population of 7,000.000, 7,600,000 and 8,150,000 people.
Penjelasan:
Jakarta is the most crowded
city in Indonesia = Topic sentence
The latest statistic
figures shows that Jakarta has 9 million people while other big cities such
Bandung, Surabaya and Palembang have the population of 7,000.000, 7,600,000 and
8,150,000 people merupakan supporting sentences yang mendukung topic
sentence.