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• Supporting sentences


  Develop the topic sentence by giving more information such as reasons, examples, facts, statistics, and quotations
• Supporting point sentences


  • List the main points of the paragraph
• Types of supporting sentences


  • Major support sentence
  • Minor support sentence
• Major support sentence


  Develops the controlling idea of a paragraph by telling the reader something new or different about the idea
• Minor support sentence


  Develops its major support sentence and helps its major support sentence develop the controlling idea
• Ways to develop supporting sentences


  • Use examples
  • Use signal phrases
• Concluding sentence


  Signals the end of the paragraph and reminds the reader of the main idea or leaves the reader with important points to remember
• Purposes of a concluding sentence


  • Signals the end of the paragraph
  • Summarizes the main points of the paragraph
  • Gives a final comment on the topic and leaves the reader with the most important ideas to think about
• Tips to write a concluding sentence


  • Begin with a conclusion signal
  • Remind the reader of the main idea by paraphrasing or summarizing
  • Never end a paragraph by introducing a new idea