11. The topic sentence of the page is false in that it pronounces abiogenesis as a fact. 12. Most people learn that the topic sentence is the only way to begin a piece of writing. 13. :: I have added topic sentence to nearly all paragraphs I copy-edited and will keep doing so. 14. The topic sentence was supported by those statements and was not unsourced or unverifiable as Orlady asserted. 15. The sentence was a topic sentence providing introduction to a 3rd paragraph which fully supported the sentence. 16. *The final paragraph of the discussion of the movie could use a topic sentence at the start. 17. Bush was all topic sentence in the debate on Thursday night-- and it was often the same sentence. 18. I just suggested some topic sentences . 19. This program leads a student gently from copy work, dictation, to outlining, writing topic sentences , to writing essays. 20. The topic sentence deserves its fame.