A topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph in the essay body. A good topic sentence does two things:
1) tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about
2) gives one reason to support your opinion (your thesis statement)
Here is your first topic sentence:
Why do I think this way?
There are a couple of problems with this topic sentence. First of all, it neither accomplishes #1 or #2 above—it does not tell the reader what the paragraph is going to be about. It also doesn’t give the reader a reason that supports your opinion. Finally, a topic sentence is not a question. Here is a better topic sentence for this paragraph:
First of all, money cannot buy loyalty or friendship.
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