How to Choose A good Topic Sentence?

 By: TOEFL consultant

 

It is not easy to decide which one of the words becomes a good topic because some topics may be too general or too specific. Here, we give you some examples involving general topics (GT), specific topics (ST), and very specific topics (VST).

Environment pollution (GT)

Land pollution (GT)

Poison sewage (ST)

Effects on human’s life (VST)

Bad actions (GT)

Crimes (GT)

Teenager crimes (ST)

Teenager robbery (VST)

Education world (GT)

Formal education (GT)

Universities (ST)

Faculty of Humanities (VST)

Psychology (GT)

Cognition (GT)

Intellectual quotation (ST)

Logical science (VST)

Bad behavior (GT)

Destruction (GT)

Corruption (ST)

Political corruption (VST)

Culture (GT)

Traditional patrimony (GT)

Bali dance (ST)

“Kecak” dance (VST)

In summary, those specific topics which can be chosen to be a good topic are “poison sewage,” “teenager crimes,” “universities,” “intellectual quotation,” “corruption” and “Bali dance.”