Do you like hamburgers?
Did you know a hamburger is like a paragraph?
O The top and bottom bun are like the topic sentenceand concluding sentence. They They hold the paragraphtogether.
The meat is like the main ideas.
O It gives substance to our topic sentence. There should be 3 in a paragraph.
The extras are like the details.
O The tomato, lettuce, cheese and other good things give our burger flavor and our paragraph interest.
Different books use different vocabulary
O Some books use “main idea” to describe the support sentences.
O Some books use “support” to talk about the examples or details that explain the “main ideas”.
O Whatever the language, a paragraph looks like this:
8 sentence paragraphO Topic SentenceO Support 1 (main idea 1)
O Detail 1O Support 2 (main idea 2)
O Detail 2O Support 3 (main idea 3)
O Detail 3O Concluding sentence
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