WRITING SUPPORTING SENTENCES

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Thesis Statement: main point you are trying to prove in your paper. The last sentence in your introduction paragraph.

Topic sentences: First sentence in a body paragraph, which gives one reason to support your thesis statement.

SUPPORTING SENTENCES

Supporting sentences are in body paragraphs after the TOPIC SENTENCE..

Supporting sentences give evidence to support the topic sentence.

Supporting sentences connect the topic sentence back to the thesis statement.

Supporting sentences explain the importance of the evidence.

SUPPORTING SENTENCES

Supporting sentences must stay on the same topic as the topic sentence

They introduce evidence and proof for the topic sentence.

They explain the importance of the evidence and how it proves the topic sentence true..

They explain how topic sentence supports the Thesis Statement (main point of the paper).

Thesis Statement: Education is important because it makes people more informed citizens, more interesting, and earns them higher paying jobs.

Topic Sentence: People that are more educated have higher paying jobs.

EXAMPLES OF Supporting SENTENCES

EXAMPLES OF Supporting SENTENCES

Topic Sentence: People that are more educated have higher paying jobs.

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Introduce evidence: A recent study found that people with a “bachelor’s degrees earned $900,000 more in a lifetime than high-school graduates” (Gleeson 2).

Explain evidence: Based on this evidence, having a bachelor’s degree amounts to earning $30,000 more per year in a 30 year career. In a two-income family, that’s an additional $60,000 per year. This is a significant difference that can dramatically affect a person’s lifestyle.

Explain how topic sentence supports thesis statement: Having a good education is an important factor in a family’s overall quality of life.

Supporting sentences: