{"id":2333,"date":"2018-06-07T20:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-wm-englishcomposition1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2333"},"modified":"2020-11-19T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:08:52","slug":"topic-sentences-units-of-support","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/chapter\/topic-sentences-units-of-support\/","title":{"raw":"Topic Sentences &amp; Units of Support","rendered":"Topic Sentences &amp; Units of Support"},"content":{"raw":"This concept is important so it gets its own page:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>You need a topic sentence for each <em>unit of support<\/em> in an essay.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Units of support <em>may\u00a0consist of\u00a0more than one paragraph<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>So\u00a0each paragraph does not need a topic sentence.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>However, each <em>unit of support<\/em> requires a topic sentence.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHere's an example:\r\n\r\nYou've written a thesis about the physical, psychological, and social effects of the opioid crisis.\u00a0 Given the thesis, you know you'll need\u00a0at least three topic sentences, one for each effect.\u00a0\u00a0However, there may be many physical, psychological, and social effects, more than are feasible to deal with in one paragraph per effect.\u00a0 Additional paragraphs for each effect may not need their own topic sentences, as the topic sentence for that unit of support serves as the\u00a0overall idea for that section of the essay.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-2337 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3033\/2018\/05\/11173641\/CW-OER-Topic-Sentences-and-Units-of-Support-300x242.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/>\r\n\r\nNote that I said \"may\" in the sentence above.\u00a0 If it makes sense to do smaller topic sentences, especially for a complicated or very sophisticated topic sentence idea, you may do so.\u00a0 But understand that one topic sentence per unit of support is absolutely fine, in the interest of clarity and conciseness. It may help to think of topic sentences and units of support in terms of a pie chart.\u00a0 Not every unit of support is an equal slice of the pie - some are larger and some are smaller.\u00a0 The larger slices are units of support that may have more than one paragraph per topic sentence.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>This concept is important so it gets its own page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need a topic sentence for each <em>unit of support<\/em> in an essay.<\/li>\n<li>Units of support <em>may\u00a0consist of\u00a0more than one paragraph<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>So\u00a0each paragraph does not need a topic sentence.<\/li>\n<li>However, each <em>unit of support<\/em> requires a topic sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve written a thesis about the physical, psychological, and social effects of the opioid crisis.\u00a0 Given the thesis, you know you&#8217;ll need\u00a0at least three topic sentences, one for each effect.\u00a0\u00a0However, there may be many physical, psychological, and social effects, more than are feasible to deal with in one paragraph per effect.\u00a0 Additional paragraphs for each effect may not need their own topic sentences, as the topic sentence for that unit of support serves as the\u00a0overall idea for that section of the essay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2337 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3033\/2018\/05\/11173641\/CW-OER-Topic-Sentences-and-Units-of-Support-300x242.png\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note that I said &#8220;may&#8221; in the sentence above.\u00a0 If it makes sense to do smaller topic sentences, especially for a complicated or very sophisticated topic sentence idea, you may do so.\u00a0 But understand that one topic sentence per unit of support is absolutely fine, in the interest of clarity and conciseness. It may help to think of topic sentences and units of support in terms of a pie chart.\u00a0 Not every unit of support is an equal slice of the pie &#8211; some are larger and some are smaller.\u00a0 The larger slices are units of support that may have more than one paragraph per topic sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2333\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Topic Sentences &amp; Units of Support. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Susan Oaks. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Empire State College, SUNY OER Services. <strong>Project<\/strong>: College Writing. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>image of pie chart with unequal pieces. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: OpenClipart-Vectors. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pie-chart-diagram-statistics-parts-149727\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pie-chart-diagram-statistics-parts-149727\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":81366,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Topic Sentences & Units of Support\",\"author\":\"Susan Oaks\",\"organization\":\"Empire State College, SUNY OER Services\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"College Writing\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"image of pie chart with unequal pieces\",\"author\":\"OpenClipart-Vectors\",\"organization\":\"Pixabay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pie-chart-diagram-statistics-parts-149727\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2333","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":2307,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81366"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4177,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2333\/revisions\/4177"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/2307"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2333\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-englishcomposition1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}