College Composition / Unit 14 CMP 0329 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Off-Topic Sentences
Captions available
The idea
A sentence that does not support the paragraph's main point breaks its unity, however true or interesting it is.
In practice
In a paragraph about why a library should open later, a sentence about the building's architecture wanders off the point.
Where people slip
Revision items often ask which sentence to delete; the answer is usually the one that serves a different point.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for College Composition