Paragraph Structure Paragraph Structure Topic Sentence.

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Topic Sentence

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First sentence

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Introduces the main idea

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Lets the reader know what theparagraph will be about

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SupportingSentences

Topic Sentence Cont. A. Topic sentence –main idea of the paragraph

1. Your first sentence should let your reader know what you will be describing. 2. Begin with a creative, attention-grabbing sentence (a hook).

Examples of topic sentences:

Weak: I’m going to describe my room on Saturday mornings.Better: Walking into my room on a Saturday morning can be a frightening experience.Great! “Ahhhh!” My mom screamed when she walked into my room this morning.

B. Supporting details—details that elaborate, explain, or prove a paragraph’s main idea.

1. facts2. example3. sensory detail

C. Unity—when all the sentences relate to the central focus or main idea.

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SupportingSentences

Gives details in support of themain idea

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Gives details in support of themain ideaFacts

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Sensory Details

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Sensory Details

sighthearingtouchtastesmell

B. Supporting details—details that elaborate, explain, or prove a paragraph’s main idea.

1. facts2. example3. sensory detail: see, hear, smell, taste, touch

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C. Unity—when all the sentences relate to the central focus or main idea. Stay focused.

Vary the beginnings of your sentences. DO NOT begin with the words: “I hear……I can see…..I can feel…etc.Instead try: Leaves crunched beneath my feet as I walked through the graveyard.

A pile of dirty jeans and jerseys were hiding underneath my bed.

Mustard and onions dripped from my hotdog and landed on a Yankees cap in front of me.

D. Coherence---makes sense how ideas are connected and arranged.

1. organizational structurea. chronological order-events are in

order as they happened b. spatial order—details arranged

according to their location c. order of importance—most important to least or least

important to most

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Sensory Details

sighthearingtouchtastesmellClosing

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Sentence Last sentence of the paragraph

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Sentence Last sentence of the paragraphRestates the main idea

E. Concluding Sentence—wrap up the paragraph

A. Wrap it up! End strong! B. DO NOT END with: And that’s what my room looks like on

Saturday morning.

Examples: Instead, try something like: Sobbing, my mom closed my bedroom door but returned shortly

driving a bulldozer. The shrill bell rang as students handed in their final exams and shuffled out of the classroom. Although the Angels lost the game, I enjoyed the sights and sounds of the ballgame.

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