User: topic sentences can be either the first or last sentence in a paragraph. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of each placement?

Weegy: Being the first sentence tells the reader right away what the paragraph is about, but this is disadvantageous because it does not allow one to develop ideas first. [ Being the last sentence allows the writer to use the topic sentence to summarize information, but it does not directly give the reader information about what the topic is immeidately. ]
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