4. Topic Sentence
People can prepare against car accidents by
taking certain precautions.
Topic: Preparing against car accidents
Controlling Idea: precautions
5. Topic Sentence
There are several advantages to growing up in a
big city.
Topic: growing up in a big city
Controlling Idea: good (several good things)
6. several
some
one/two/three/etc.
a few
a number
the following
Major
Certain
advantages/disadvantages
reasons
goals
Functions
steps
(good/bad) qualities
(good/bad) results
benefits
differences
similarities
ways
Difficulties
challenges
changes
precautions
Speaking English in non English speaking countries
has several challenges
7. Supporting Sentences
support the topic sentence
Relate directly to the topic sentence
Can be definition, example, explanation,
process
8. Topic: Going to movie
Controlling idea: difficult
Support 1: getting to the theater –
weather/ traffic/ inconvenience
Support 2: ticket – enough?/ seat/
people
9. Going to a movie theater is sometimes more
work than it’s worth. First of all, just getting to the
theater presents difficulties. Leaving a home equipped
with a TV and a video recorder isn't an attractive idea
on a humid, cold, or rainy night. Even if the weather
cooperates, there is still a thirty-minute drive to the
theater down a congested highway, followed by the
hassle of looking for a parking space. And then there
are the lines. After hooking yourself to the end of a
human chain, you worry about whether there will be
enough tickets, whether you will get seats together,
and whether many people will sneak into the line
ahead of you.