1. The Development of a Paragraph
Lesson 4
The Development of a Paragraph

2. Paragraph development
Giving Details
Giving
an Example
Giving
an Explanation
Paragraph development

3. Details
are specific points
that tell more about
a general statement

4. The details used to support the topic sentence:
The topic sentence: You’ll love working out at the Atlas Health Center, and you’ll love what it does for you.
The details used to support the topic sentence:
a. state-of-the-art exercise equipment b. large, air-conditioned rooms
c. work out alone or with trainers d. aerobics, swimming, and kickboxing classes
e. staff nutrition experts f. whirlpool bath and sauna

5. An Explanation
tells what something means or how something works.

6. A stitch in time saves nine
The topic sentence: my mother, who likes to sew, used this simple saying to teach me the value of working on problems when they are still small.
A stitch in time saves nine

7. Example
Is a specific person, place, thing, or event that supports an idea or statement.

8. Why do you think the writer chose to use
an example to develop the paragraph?

9. Concluding sentences Concluding sentence
Concluding sentence: is the final sentence of a paragraph
Concluding sentence
It sums the main points
Reminds the reader of the writer’s main idea
It restates the main idea in a different way
Gives the information in a slightly different way

10. Concluding sentence

11. Concluding sentence

12. example
Restates the topic sentence

13. details
Sum up the information
Learning how the mind works makes psychology my favorite class
Example
Sum up the information
I will never try to sing karaoke again

14. details Explanation Restates the topic sentence
Both sums up the information and restates the topic sentence
Explanation
Restates the topic sentence
Someone who likes me the way I am is a good friend for me.