A topic sentence? You are writing a paragraph?
Or a thesis statement, for a whole essay?
Can anyone give me a start to my essay?
I'm really having trouble starting off the topic sentence.
It's about immigration, coming to America.
Thank you so much.
-Allyson
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A topic setence for beginning my first paragraph, in my essay. She said that I didn't need a thesis, not for this essay.
Immigrants had a vision of America, thinking it was the best place in the world, as told in the 2 famous documents: the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, but soon made the wrong mistake when traveling to America.
How does this sound?
How does this sound?
It's too long and convoluted to be a good main-idea sentence. What is the single MAIN POINT you want to write about?
Go into this webpage and read about "beginnings" --
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/intros.htm
Especially, scroll down to the list of 5 ideas that are given for how to start introductory paragraphs.
Go into this webpage and read about "beginnings" --
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/intros.htm
Especially, scroll down to the list of 5 ideas that are given for how to start introductory paragraphs.
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