A topic sentence will introduce your reader to the three big ideas you are going to present in the paragraph.
You will briefly name the three main points that you listed in (C) above. You should write an elegant sentence that establishes a context for these three ideas. You can do this by writing a “complex” sentence.
Because of her belief in the power of education to transform lives, Sister A.J. made sure that St. Mary’s Junior College was affordable, had an open enrollment policy, and was accessible to students with disabilities.
If you need practice on writing complex sentences, please see The Complex Sentence.
You will briefly name the three main points that you listed in (C) above. You should write an elegant sentence that establishes a context for these three ideas. You can do this by writing a “complex” sentence.
- A complex sentence has two parts: a dependent and an independent clause.
- The independent clause could stand alone as a separate sentence; the dependent clauses needs the rest of the sentence to make sense.
- Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions.
- A list of subordinating conjunctions is on the RTW Essay Writing Guide.
- Some useful examples of subordinating conjunctions are: “as a result of, in order to, because, since.”
Because of her belief in the power of education to transform lives, Sister A.J. made sure that St. Mary’s Junior College was affordable, had an open enrollment policy, and was accessible to students with disabilities.
If you need practice on writing complex sentences, please see The Complex Sentence.
