what is the difference between the first and second sentence of a body paragraph? (2 Viewers)

[jinglebells1464646]

what is the difference between the first and second sentence of a body paragraph? Eg Common mod? Which one is "topic sentence" referring to?

 

[vajayjay]

Topic sentence is sentence one. My formula is:
1: [THESIS / ANSWER THE QUESTION].
2: [LINK ANSWER OF QUESTION TO CONTEXT].
3: [BEGIN ANALYSING].

 

[Masaken]

what is the difference between the first and second sentence of a body paragraph? Eg Common mod? Which one is "topic sentence" referring to?

First sentence is your topic sentence. When you wrote your essay you began your essay with a thesis encapsulating an overarching idea that can be broken down into three sub-ideas that all synthesise together to form the foundation of your thesis. The topic sentence basically outlines one of those sub-ideas. The second sentence varies among students, schools and markers but I often use it to be an overarching ‘context’ sentence that explains the topic sentence in the context of the historical paradigms / social values / authorial context of the text, linking it to the author’s purpose and back to said sub-idea.