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Add Details to Support the Topic



You have practiced writing paragraphs with good topic sentences. In this file you will practice adding supporting detail sentences to paragraphs.

Supporting detail sentences expand on the topic of the paragraph. A paragraph may have one or several supporting detail sentences.

Remember, a paragraph has one main idea. All details in the paragraph should support the main idea.

Below is a topic sentence containing the main idea, plus a bank of detail sentences. Delete the detail sentences that do not support the main idea of the paragraph.


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John Audubon, a Haitian-born U. S. nature artist, was a pioneer in the study of American bird life.

- The Audubon Society promotes conservation.

- Audubon came to the United States in about 1804 and traveled widely, studying and drawing birds.

- The Birds of America, with hand-colored plates made from Audubon's drawings, was first published in England.

- The artist's work has interested the public in ornithology.


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Scroll back and read the detail sentences you have left under the topic sentence. Retype or make a copy of the paragraph in the space below. Rearrange the sentences so they form an ordered paragraph. Delete the dashes and the extra spaces so your paragraph will be in correct form. When you finish, the paragraph should have a topic sentence followed by details and a concluding sentence.

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Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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Remember, a paragraph has one main idea. All details in the paragraph support the main idea.

Below is another topic sentence containing the main idea, plus a bank of detail sentences. Delete the detail sentences that do not support the main idea of the paragraph.


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There are many beautiful songbirds native to North America.

- The adult male cardinal is a brilliant red, like a cardinal's hat, with a sharp crest of vermilion.

- Its beautiful whistling song has given the cardinal another name, Virginia nightingale.

- Birdsong records are available so you can learn how to identify birds by their songs.

- Slightly larger than a robin, the brown thrasher has a long tail and a dark, cinnamon-colored back.

- Related to the mockingbird and catbird, the brown thrasher often sings loudly, mimicking other birds.

- Other birds are native to South America.

- The cardinal and the brown thrasher are just two of the many songbirds commonly found east of the Rockies.

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Scroll back and read the detail sentences you have left under the topic sentence. Retype or make a copy of the paragraph in the space below. Rearrange the sentences so they form an ordered paragraph. Delete the dashes and the extra spaces so your paragraph will be in correct form. When you finish, the paragraph should have a topic sentence followed by SUPPORTING details and a concluding sentence.

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If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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