Question

barry knows about the abcs of writing, including that the abstract tells the reader what he is going to talk about in his document. in a paragraph, what term is equivalent to the abstract?

illustration sentence
topic sentence
transition sentence
coherent sentence

Explanation:

Define the function of an abstract

An abstract summarizes the main point and scope of an entire document, introducing the reader to what the text will discuss.

Compare with paragraph-level elements

Within a single paragraph, the sentence that introduces the main idea and tells the reader what the paragraph is about is the topic sentence.

Answer:

• Illustration sentence
• Topic sentence (Correct answer)
• Transition sentence
• Coherent sentence