4. Supporting paragraph is a group of
sentences that work together to explain,
illustrate, or provide evidence for a
single supporting assertion (topic
sentence/thesis statement).
Supporting paragraphs make up the main body
of your essay
6. Strategies for Supportive Paragraphs
1. The first sentence usually presents the topic that
you will address in the paragraph.
2. In the several sentences that follow, provide facts
regarding your topic and explain how this
information supports your topic or claim.
3. After proving the point you presented in your topic
sentence, conclude the paragraph with a
transitional sentence that leads readers to the next
paragraph
7.
8. Types of support :
•Reasons.
•Facts.
•Statistics.
•Quotations.
•Examples.
9.
10. To support the topic sentence, writers should:
1. explain the first supporting detail,
2. give an example of this detail
3. unpack this example in a sentence or two,
4. repeat this three-step process about two
more times
5. remember to transition between new
supporting details within the paragraph.
11. Checklist
Next slide is a checklist for the
main body of an essay.
Use it to check your own writing,
or get a peer (another student) to
help you.
