Supporting Sentences

Supporting sentences add information about the topic and the controlling idea. Supporting sentences can include definitions, explanations, and examples. Read the topic sentence below. Then study the types of supporting sentences that might follow it.

      topic                                    controlling idea

Young people are too dependent on computer.

Body Paragraphs

                The body of the essay is made up of one or more paragraphs. Each of these paragraphs has a topic sentence, suporting sentences, and sometimes concluding sentences. Each of the body paragraphs support the thesis statement.

The Introductory Paragraph

                The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of essay. It includes the topic of the essay and arouses the reader’s interest. There are several ways to write an introductory paragraph. In this article, you will learn to write a “funnel Introduction”. A funnel introduction has two parts: several general statements and one thesis statement.