Writing Academic English 4th Edition

SupportingSentences..

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1.Usingacell phonewhiledrivingcanbedangerous.

2. Therearecertainrulesofcellphonemannersthat
   everyoneshouldknow.

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3.Cellphoneshavechangedthewaywecommunicate.

Step 1 ReadParagraphsAandBaboutred-lightrunning.Noticethedifferent

specificsupportingdetailsthathavebeenaddedtoParagraphB.

Step 2 LocatethetopicsentenceinParagraphB.Circlethetopicand

underlinethecontrollingidea.

Step 3 WhichsupportingsentencesinParagraphB containthekindsof

detailslistedbelow?Givethesentencenumbersofeachkind.

Anexample: _

Astatistic: _

Aquotation: _

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Example

Topic:

Topicsentences:

Paragraph 3

Forexample,theEskimos,livingina treelessregionofsnowandice,sometimes

buildtemporaryhomesoutofthickblocksofice.Peoplewholiveindeserts,on

theotherhand,usethemostavailablematerials,mudorclay,whichprovidegood

insulationfromtheheat.InNorthernEurope,Russia,andotherareasoftheworld

whereforestsareplentiful,peopleusuallyconstructtheirhomesoutofwood.In

theislandsoftheSouthPacific,wherethereisanabundantsupplyofbamboo

andpalm,peopleusethesetough,fibrousplantstobuildtheirhomes.

Supportingsentencesexplainorprovethetopicsentence.Oneofthebiggestproblems

instudentwritingisthatstudentwritersoftenfailtosupporttheirideasadequately.

Theyneedtousespecificdetailstobethoroughandconvincing.

Thereareseveralkindsofspecific supportingdetails:examples,statistics,and

quotations.

c. Withyourclassmates,choosethreetopicsthatinterestyouasa group.Write

a topicsentenceforeachtopic.Besuretoincludea controllingidea.

B. Ona pieceofpaper,writetwoorthreetopicsentencesforeachofthefollowing

topics.Inotherwords,givetwoorthreecontrollingideasforthesametopic.

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