ERIC Number: EJ425451
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Publication Date: 1991
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A Study of Topic Sentence Use in Technical Writing.
Popken, Randall
Technical Writing Teacher, v18 n1 p49-58 Win 1991
Compares paragraph topic sentence use in technical writing with four other kinds of writing. Shows topic sentences used less often in technical texts. Investigates two textual factors influencing topic sentence variation. Shows topic sentence use constrained jointly by rhetorical genre and paragraph length. Offers pedagogical applications. (SR)
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Language: English
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