Exercise on Paragraph Development

by MsRamiza on Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:59 am

PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT

Topic sentence: The cost of living in Malaysia is getting higher.

Now, expand the topic sentence into a longer sentence by asking the questions when, why, where, how, etc.

Then, write down three supporting points to support the topic sentence. Write in complete sentences.

1. First supporting point: ___________________________________________________
2. Second supporting point: ___________________________________________________
3. Third supporting point: ___________________________________________________

Next, expand each of the supporting points into several sentences, by asking and answering wh-questions.

1. First supporting point: ___________________________________________________
Detail: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
2. Second supporting point: ___________________________________________________
Detail: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3. Third supporting point: ___________________________________________________
Detail: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

Finally, write an appropriate concluding sentence.

Concluding sentence: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

Write all the expanded sentences you have written, from the topic sentence to the concluding sentence to make the first draft of your paragraph.
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