Hello!
How are you? Here is a quick post about topic sentences. These are important for setting up from the beginning what you are writing about, and showing the reader what your topic is.
Topic sentences
Good written compositions
should have a topic sentence that
tells a reader about the main idea of a paragraph-level composition. Good topic
sentences have a strong, clear topic that has focus to it.
Weak (弱い): High school in Japan is three years, but in
Australia it is six years.
Strong:
High school in Japan contrasts with high
school in Australia where the former (Japan) is three years in length, while
the latter (Australia) is six years in length and combines junior and senior
levels of secondary education.
They also have an opinion
or idea about the topic.
Weak: High school in Germany is different from
high school in Japan.
Strong:
German high schools offer a level of
rigor (厳重なレベル) that may
be tougher overall than that of Japan, but may lack in the social orientation
that Japan is strong for.
Note
Good topic sentences
should not be too broad (that is, too
much to write about). For example:
Weak: Elementary schools in Japan and China have
interesting points.
Strong: Elementary
school in Japan have features that stimulate children’s imaginations, while
Chinese elementary schools are geared towards children’s first steps in
socialization.
I hope these examples can help you in your writing. Good luck!
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