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THE NORTON SAMPLER: CHAPTER 3

TOPIC SENTENCES

SUPPORTING YOUR MAIN POINT

OTHER WAYS OF DEVELOPING A PARAGRAPH

  • When writing your paragraph, you want all the sentences to work together to support the main point.
  • Don't go off on a tangent, no matter how interesting it might be.
  • State your main point in your topic sentence.
  • Put it at beginning of paragraph, every other sentence should follow from it.
  • You can put it at the end, but every sentence should lead up to it.
  • Sometimes, your main point will be implied, and you wont need to state it in the topic sentence.
  • Should have parallel structures
  • Description
  • Narrating
  • Giving Examples
  • Classifying
  • Analyzing a Process
  • Comparing
  • Defining
  • Analyzing Cause and Effects

TRANSITIONS

  • When describing place or direction
  • When narrating events in time
  • When giving examples
  • When comparing/contrasting
  • When analyzing cause and effect
  • When using logical reasoning
  • When tracing sequence or continuation
  • When summarazing

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS

WATCH

  • Tells your reader what your essay is about.
  • Tell a story to lead in
  • Start with a quotation
  • Ask a question, or questions.

CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS

  • Last chance to drive home point
  • Restate your main point
  • Show the broader significance of your subject
  • End with a recommendation
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