alleryChecking her draft, a student asks whether each of her paragraph openers actually supports that claim. Those openers are the:
AMarginal notes
BWorks cited
CPage numbers
DTopic sentences
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Topic sentences
1. Each paragraph starts with one.
2. Their link to the thesis is being tested.
3. They are the topic sentences.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 11, Reasoning Strategies._
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