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Title: Writing a Paragraph


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Writing a Paragraph
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Topic Sentence
  • States the main idea of the paragraph.
  • Single idea
  • Clear
  • Located at the beginning of paragraph

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Supporting Sentences
  • Provides proof
  • Specific examples
  • Details
  • Logical, coherent thoughts
  • Flows naturally
  • Transitions between ideas

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Concluding Statement
  • Wraps up the point of the paragraph.
  • Things to think about
  • The topic is restated to remind the reader what
    the composition was about.
  • Think about what idea or feeling you want to
    leave your reader with.
  • You want to avoid
  • Introducing a new topic
  • Phrases such as as I have said, as I proved, as
    you can see

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Example
  • My first day of school was a disaster. First, I
    went to the wrong classroom for math. I was
    sitting in the class, surrounded by people taking
    notes and paying attention to how to do
    equations, which would have been okay if I was
    supposed to be in an algebra class. In reality, I
    was supposed to be in geometry, and when I
    discovered my error, I had already missed the
    first twenty minutes of a one-hour class. When I
    got to the correct class, all twenty-five
    students turned and looked at me as the teacher
    said, Youre late. That would have been bad
    enough, but in my next class my history teacher
    spoke so fast I could not follow most of what he
    said. The only thing I did hear was that we were
    having a quiz tomorrow over todays lecture. My
    day seemed to be going better during botany
    class, that is, until we visited the lab. I had a
    sneezing fit because of one of the plants in the
    lab and had to leave the room. When I finally
    finished my classes for the day, I discovered I
    had locked my keys in the car and had to wait for
    my brother to bring another set. My first day of
    school was so bad that I know the rest will have
    to be better.

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Works Cited
  • "Topic Sentence/ Paragraph." St. Louis
    Community College. N.p., n.d. Web. 18
    S Sept. 2012. lthttp//www.stlcc.edu/gt.
  • "Step Up To Writing." Writing the Topic Sentence
    Middle School Potomac Missoula Montana. N.p.,
    n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. lthttp//www.williamsclass
    .com/SeventhLanguageWork/StepUpToWriting/TopicSent
    ence.htmgt.
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