The controlling sentence of a paragraph is known as ––
- A) content modulator
- B) terminator
- C) thesis statement
- D) topic sentence
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Answer: D) topic sentence
Explanation
The topic sentence. It states the main idea of a paragraph, and every other sentence in the paragraph supports or develops it. A thesis statement does the same job for a whole essay, not a single paragraph. The other two options are not standard writing terms.
Asked in: BCS 2018