What does a good paragraph look like?
Paragraph outline and explanations:
Topic Sentence (Controlling or Main Idea): identifies subject of paragraph and relates it the prompt or question
Evidence: supports the topic sentence and helps to answer the question
Explanation of Evidence (Elaborative Techniques): explains or interprets how the evidence answers the question(s)
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