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	Organizing
About these pages	Organizing, part 1 Thesis statement Links: Thesis Statement Developing a Thesis Next article Back to top Organizing, part 2 Topic sentence A topic sentence unifies the paragraph by stating a main topic and controlling idea. The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph will be about. It is often the first sentence in the paragraph. Links: Thesis Statement Developing a Thesis Writing Topic Sentences Next article Back to top Organizing, part 3 Transition Use a transitional sentence or a transitional expression to link two ideas. See the links below for a list of transitional expressions. Links: List of Transitions Transitional Devices Transitions and Transitional Devices Thesis Statement Developing a Thesis Further Reading: In Read, Write, Edit: Grammar for College Writers, see pages 99-102 In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see pages 166, 170-176 Next article Back to top Organizing, part 4 Conclusion Links: Thesis Statement Developing a Thesis Further Reading: In Read, Write, Edit: Grammar for College Writers, see page 189 Back to top	Topics: Agreement Articles Clauses Coherence Collocations Format Meaning Mechanics Nouns/Pronouns Organizing Parallelism Passive Prepositions Quoting Sentence Verbs Words