It would be the textbook glossary. A dictionary would be equally useful, but in a science class the teacher would want students to rely on the textbook glossary.
The position of a topic sentence often shifts, according to the author and writing style. One should never place the topic sentence in the middle of the paragraph. It will just give your reader confusion what really the paragraph is talking about. You can place it either in the beginning or at the end of the paragraph.<span>
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This is not either but if it had to be, it would be similie.
The expression<em> "the map is not the territory", </em>was first said by the Polish scientist, <em>Alfred Korzybski.</em>
It is a metaphor. There is the reality of something (as perceived by the senses). And there are labels, symbols, abstraction of that reality created by the mind/thought for the sake of convenience, communication, or to make undersanding easier. We are often looking at maps rather than the territory, without realising it. Mind is an expert at doing this.
Korzybski held that many people do confuse maps with territories, that is, confuse models of reality with reality itself. In other words, the description of the thing is not the thing itself. The model is not reality.
Suspense, because it will keep the reader in the loop and want to read more