what is the difference between the first and second sentence of a body paragraph? (1 Viewer)

[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.

 

[Average Boreduser]

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.

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[Masaken]

fight me bruv

i have better things to do than beef with a brainrotted gen alpha kid sorry

 

[jinglebells1464646]

@Masaken
Butwhen I write my secodn sentence, i usually append the context as a dependent clause "Reflecting MCarthysism, Miller...." When I link context back to the sub-argument in the topic sentence, my independent clause simply reiterates what the topic sentence says using synonyms. Isn't that a waste of words? Also, I am a bit confused by what you mean by "linking to the authorial purpose"....haven't I already outlined the author's purpose in the topic sentence itself?

 

[Masaken]

@Masaken
Butwhen I write my secodn sentence, i usually append the context as a dependent clause "Reflecting MCarthysism, Miller...." When I link context back to the sub-argument in the topic sentence, my independent clause simply reiterates what the topic sentence says using synonyms. Isn't that a waste of words? Also, I am a bit confused by what you mean by "linking to the authorial purpose"....haven't I already outlined the author's purpose in the topic sentence itself?

The topic sentence is the first sentence that says AUTHOR does XYZ [theme, idea] to achieve/show etc etc. The authorial purpose is implied there. For the context sentence, you're linking your context direct to the authorial purpose but instead by framing it around the idea that what parts of context influenced the author --> how it's integrated into the text by the author --> as a result, how do audiences respond and how does this reflect said authorial purpose. I also wrote my context sentence starting in the same way you did.

Also I think you should go a bit deeper into context - not just McCarthyism for example (I assume you're doing the Crucible?), you need to specify what exact specific parts of McCarthyism.

So for example: Reflecting the societal paranoia that characterised the Red Scare period, Miller creates parallels between the atmosphere of his context and the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible, shaping an allegory of McCarthyism that ultimately [link back to author's purpose]...

 

[jinglebells1464646]

thanks,

Regarding authorial purpsoe did you mean just inserting like a vague term like "that ultimately elucidates new ideas on universal human tendencies"? Like the really broad broad purpose?