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Writing Focus

Supporting Sentences

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 .

What about you?

!a"e you e"er heard

of Sigmund Freud# If

yes, share what you

know with a

classmate.

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Supporting Sentences

ModelParagraph 1

The Mind According to Freud

$ccording to Freud, the mind has three parts. The biggest

part is called the id. The id is the unconscious part of the mind and

controls all the unconscious wants and needs. The superego is

the second part. It comes from your e%periences. It is your mother

and father telling you what is right and wrong. The superego is

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.

Sigmund Freud,

the father

of modern psychology

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PRACTICE 1: Analyzing ModelParagraph 11. Circle the topic of the topicsentence.2. Underline the controlling idea.

3. How many supporting sentencesare there?

(Rememer !"# to include theconcluding sentence.$

(%nswers will e discussed in class$

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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. #hefirst 'ind is called a !ajorsupportingsentence. #hese sentences support thetopic sentence directly. n the model

paragraph& there are three ma)orsupporting sentences.

Supporting Sentences

#he iggest part is calledthe id.

#he superego is thesecond 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

!inorsupporting sentences. #hey are thee*planations of the ma)or supportingsentences& and they support the topicsentence indirectly.

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+oo' at this diagram of ,odel -aragraph1. t shows the paragraph sentence ysentence. !ote the use of the followingareiations/

T 0topic sentence

0ma)or supporting sentence

ss 0minor supporting sentenceC 0concluding sentence

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T%ccording to reud& the

mind has tree parts.

Supporting Sentences

#he iggest part is called the id.

ss #he id is the unconscious part of themind and controls all the unconsciouswants and needs.#he superego is the second part.

t comes from your e*periences.

ss t is your mother and father telling youwhat is right and wrong.ss #he superego is partconscious and part unconscious.

#he last part is the ego.ss #he ego is the consciouspart of the mind.ss t deals with reality.

Cn short& these three partsma'e up the reudian mind.

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n this diagram& you can see how theody of a paragraph wor's. #he ma)orsupporting sentences e*plain the topicsentence& and the minor supporting

sentences e*plain the ma)or supportingsentences. #here is no rule aout thenumer of minor supporting sentences.

#he first ma)or supporting sentence onlyhas one minor supporting sentence& thesecond has three minor supportingsentences& and the third has two minor

supporting sentences. 4ou as the writerma'e the decision aout how man minor

Supporting Sentences