p50
1. What is the topic sentence?
Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
2. Does the topic sentence introduce the main idea or draw a final conclusion?
Since the topic sentence comes at the beginning of a paragraph, it introduces the main idea and leads the reader naturally to the sentences that follow it.
3. What makes this topic sentence strong?
Use subordination
p51
1. What is the topic sentence?
What was life like before cell phones? It's barely imagination.
2. Do you think it's an effective topic sentence?
Yes. From this topic sentence I can know this passage talks about cell phone and there are some details to show it is barely imagination.
3. What supporting details does the writer provide?
a. People were tied to land lines and could make and take calls only in homes, offices, or on pay phones.
b. If there were an emergency, there could be unavoidable delays as people searched for an available phone.
c. If they wanted to chat with friends, they usually had to wait until they got home.
4. If you were the writer, what other supporting details might you add to strengthen the paragraph?
We got nothing to do on bus or car.
We can't use our phone to post our fresh news on the website like QQ anytime we want.
5. Which sentence in the paragraph breaks up the flow of ideas and does not provide a smooth transition to the next sentence?
How ever did they live without being able to text?
1. What is the topic sentence?
Without a doubt, hiking must be the best sport in the world.
2. Does the topic sentence introduce the main idea or draw a final conclusion?
Since the topic sentence comes at the beginning of a paragraph, it introduces the main idea and leads the reader naturally to the sentences that follow it.
3. What makes this topic sentence strong?
Use subordination
p51
1. What is the topic sentence?
What was life like before cell phones? It's barely imagination.
2. Do you think it's an effective topic sentence?
Yes. From this topic sentence I can know this passage talks about cell phone and there are some details to show it is barely imagination.
3. What supporting details does the writer provide?
a. People were tied to land lines and could make and take calls only in homes, offices, or on pay phones.
b. If there were an emergency, there could be unavoidable delays as people searched for an available phone.
c. If they wanted to chat with friends, they usually had to wait until they got home.
4. If you were the writer, what other supporting details might you add to strengthen the paragraph?
We got nothing to do on bus or car.
We can't use our phone to post our fresh news on the website like QQ anytime we want.
5. Which sentence in the paragraph breaks up the flow of ideas and does not provide a smooth transition to the next sentence?
How ever did they live without being able to text?