Read the example body paragraph below to complete this exercise.

Prompt: Why is exercise important?

Thesis of the entire essay: Exercise is essential because it improves overall physical and mental health.

Because it makes your body healthier, exercise is extremely important. One of the physical benefits of exercise is having stronger muscles. The only way to make your muscles stronger is to use them, and exercises like crunches, squats, lunges, push-ups, and weight-lifting are good examples of exercises that strengthen your muscles. Another benefit of exercise is that it lowers your heart rate. A slow heart rate can show that our hearts are working more efficiently and they don't have to pump as many times in a minute to get blood to our organs. Related to our heart beating more efficiently, our blood pressure decreases. These are just some of the incredible health benefits of exercise.

After finding the topic sentence, use the following criteria to evaluate the topic sentence.

1.Does the topic sentence clearly support the thesis statement?

2.Is the topic sentence at the beginning of the body paragraph?

3.Does the topic sentence control the content of all the supporting sentences?

4.Is the topic sentence a complete sentence?

5.Does the topic sentence announce the topic?

6.Is the topic sentence too general? Is it too specific?