1. CONTROLLING IDEA SENTENCE 2
The CONTROLLING IDEA SENTENCE (topic sentence, thesis sentence, and framing sentence) states the main idea of a paragraph.

2. __ 1. a. The buyer must be alert and ask pertinent questions. 2
The CONTROLLING IDEA SENTENCE (topic sentence, thesis sentence, and framing sentence) states the main idea of a paragraph. Other sentences in the paragraph develop or support the idea stated in the controlling idea sentence.
Directions: One sentence in each of the following pairs states the controlling idea, and one gives a supporting idea. Write the letter of the controlling idea sentence.
__ 1. a. The buyer must be alert and ask pertinent questions.
b. Buying a first car is a scary but an exhilarating experience.

3. B_ 1. a. The buyer must be alert and ask pertinent questions. 3
Directions: One sentence in each of the following pairs states the controlling idea, and one gives a supporting idea. Write the letter of the controlling idea sentence.
B_ 1. a. The buyer must be alert and ask pertinent questions.
b. Buying a first car is a scary but an exhilarating experience.

4. b. Learning to wind a roll of film onto a reel requires practice. 3
__2. a. Understanding the entire photographic process takes patience, practice, and hours in a
darkroom.
b. Learning to wind a roll of film onto a reel requires practice.
__3. a. Survival in a crisis is often a matter of chance.
b. Those who weathered the recent hurricane prove this point.

5. b. Learning to wind a roll of film onto a reel requires practice. 4
A. __2. a. Understanding the entire photographic process takes patience, practice, and hours in a
darkroom.
b. Learning to wind a roll of film onto a reel requires practice.
A.__3. a. Survival in a crisis is often a matter of chance.
b. Those who weathered the recent hurricane prove this point.

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__4. a. After just five years of living under the Articles of Confederation, the states realized they needed a new document and a stronger, more centralized form of government.
b. The first great democracy of the modern world, the United States is one of the best examples of success achieved by studying and learning from earlier failures.

7. new document and a stronger, more centralized form of government.
B.__4. a. After just five years of living under the Articles of Confederation, the states realized they needed a
new document and a stronger, more centralized form of government.
b. The first great democracy of the modern world, the United States is one of the best examples of success achieved by studying and learning from earlier failures. 6