Supporting Sentences

Supporting Sentences
Writing Focus
What about you? !a"e you e"er heard of Sigmund Freud# If yes, share what you know with a classmate. Supporting Sentences The sentences that make up the body of your paragraph are called supporting sentences because they support the topic sentence. The model paragraph is about Sigmund Freuds description of the mind. Freud thought that there were three parts to the mind. In this paragraph, the supporting sentences talk about those three parts. Read the paragraph. Then, do Practice .

Model Paragra The Mind According to Freud $ccording to Freud, the mind has three parts. The biggest ph 1
controls all the unconscious wants and needs. The superego is and father telling you what is right and wrong. The superego is

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Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology

part is called the id. The id is the unconscious part of the mind and the second part. It comes from your e%periences. It is your mother part conscious and part unconscious. The last part is the ego. The ego is the conscious part of the mind. It deals with reality. In short, these three parts make up the Freudian mine.

PRACTICE 1: Analyzing Model

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1. Circle the 1 topic of the topic Paragraph sentence. 2. Underline the controlling idea. 3. How many supporting sentences are there? (%nswers will to e discussed in class$ the (Remem er !"# include concluding sentence.$

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Major upporting entences #here are nine supporting sentences in this paragraph& ut they are different in how they support the topic sentence. #he first 'ind is called a !ajor supporting sentence. sentences support #hese #he iggest part is called the topic sentence the id. directly. (n the model paragraph& there are three ma)or #he superego is the supporting sentences. second part. #he last part is the ego.

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Major upporting entences #he sentences that directly support the ma)or supporting sentences are called !inor supporting sentences. #hey are the e*planations of the ma)or supporting sentences& and they support the topic sentence indirectly.

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+oo' at this diagram of ,odel -aragraph 1. (t shows the paragraph sentence y sentence. !ote the use of the following a re.iations/ T ss C 0 topic sentence 0 ma)or supporting sentence 0 minor supporting sentence 0 concluding sentence

T %ccording to 1reud& the mind has tree parts. #he iggest part is called the id. ss #he id is the unconscious part of the mind and controls all the unconscious wants and needs. #he superego is the second part. (t comes from your e*periences. ss (t is your mother and father telling you what is right wrong. ss #he and superego is part conscious andis part #he last part the unconscious. ego. ss #he ego is the conscious the mind. ss part of (t deals with reality. C (n short& these three parts ma'e up the 1reudian mind.

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(n this diagram& you can see how the ody of a paragraph wor's. #he ma)or supporting sentences e*plain the topic sentence& and the minor supporting sentences e*plain the ma)or supporting sentences. #here is no 2rule3 a out the num er of minor supporting sentences. #he first ma)or supporting sentence only has one minor supporting sentence& the second has three minor supporting sentences& and the third has two minor supporting sentences. 4ou as the writer ma'e the decision a out how many minor