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Supporting Details & Paragraph Structure. READ 0300 K. Delgado October 25, 2010. Major and Minor Details. Major. Minor. Supports the main idea Main ideas supports the thesis. Supports the major detail Refer to the wiki under class plans Thesis Graphic Organizer page.
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Supporting Details & Paragraph Structure READ 0300 K. Delgado October 25, 2010
Major and Minor Details Major Minor • Supports the main idea • Main ideas supports the thesis • Supports the major detail • Refer to the wiki under class plans Thesis Graphic Organizer page.
Irrelevant Information Does not contribute to the main idea Can be found anywhere in the material Within paragraph structure
Paragraph Structure How the details are usually presented Writers use one or more structures to present organized sentences Sometimes the structure is obvious to the reader because of signal words
Signal Words • Are signals that help the reader sort out information and help clarify the main idea or thesis • For example, to illustrate, for instance, like, too, also, but, yet, however, groups, kinds, types, because, first, steps, next, finally, defined as, means, etc.
Paragraph Structure (contd.) Illustrations, Explanations, or Examples Compare/Contrast Classification Cause and Effect Sequence Process Definition
