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Paragraph Development by Definitive Statements
The topic statement does not always give the exact content of the paragraph-idea.
Sometimes it may require a repetition of the statement in simpler terms or the use of synonymous expressions, since these are almost automatically resorted to when you are striving to make your exact meaning clear.
Sometimes it may be misunderstood- taken the wrong way- to include more or less than the writer intends.
Using this method of developing the paragraph, the writer will therefore define his meaning by limiting or expanding the content of the terms of the topic-statement, to the limits desired.
Fred Newton- Paragraph Writing