Implied Topic Sentence

What is implied topic sentence?

Some paragraphs doesn’t state there topic sentences.This doesn’t mean that there is no total topic sentence on it. 3. The topic sentence is implied or unstated or hidden which mean you have to figure it out by yourself.

Does, implied topic sentence is a topic sentence that are not directly stated on the paragraph.

Let see an example:

What is the implied topic sentence of this paragraph?

College and university sports team have nicknames.

(2) Most are common, such as the Bears, Lions, and Tigers. (3) However, some are unusual. (4) For instance, the University of California at Irvine is nicknamed “Anteaters”. (5) The University of Washburn’s sports team are called “Thunderducks”. (7) And perhaps the strangest of all belongs to the University of California at Santa Cruz. (8) Their nickname is the “Banana Slugs” The implied topic sentence is Some College and University sport teams have unusual College nicknames.

Analysis

This topic sentence was not stated on the paragraph, the paragraph only show the supporting details about college nicknames.

Occasionally, they would click their teeth if we played something with a beat to it.

Implied topic sentence:

In winter the warehouse is cold and damp. There is no heat. The large steel doors that line the warehouse walls stay open most of the day. In the cold months, wind, rain, and snow blow across the floor. In the summer the warehouse becomes an oven. Dust and sand from the runways mix with the toxic fumes of fork lifts, leaving a dry, stale taste in your mouth. The high windows above the doors are covered with a thick, black dirt that kills the sun. The men work in shadows with the constant roar of jet engines blowing dangerously in their ears.

Implied topic sentence:

Radios have been stolen from four cars in our parking garage this month. Each time, the thieves have managed to get by the parking garage security with radios in hand, even though they do not have a parking garage identification card, which people must show as they enter and exit the garage. Yet each time, the security officers say they have seen nothingunusual.