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Supporting sentences are called "supporting" because they "support," or explain, the idea expressed in the topic sentence. Of course, paragraphs in English often have more than two supporting ideas.
The tone in the first two paragraphs is informative and neutral. The text presents factual information about the topic without showing any strong emotion or opinion.
A writing prompt is often just a sentence or two.
a thesis statement
The purpose of a sentence is to express a complete thought. To be a complete thought, a sentence must contain a subject and a verb. (A verb is an action word, aka predicate.)
Topic sentence and controlling idea
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A linking sentence connects two ideas or paragraphs by showing how they relate to each other. It should summarize the previous information and introduce the upcoming topic to create a smooth transition. To create a linking sentence, you can use transitional words or phrases such as "however," "similarly," or "in addition."
When two complete sentences are in one complete paragraph; does that mean each sentence is a SEPARATE topic? Or is each separate sentence part of the SAME topic?
1)Topic sentence 2)Restate the text 3)Restate the question 4)Give two reasons to support 5)Concluding sentence
Enough. An abstract of a scientific journal paper is usually one paragraph. It may, rarely, be technically two (or even three) paragraphs, but the additional "paragraphs" are usually limited to a single sentence each.
THINK. How many different topics are you writing? One topic, one paragraph, one page is a letter. Six topics, six paragraphs, one page or two - makes a letter.