Ms.

Hammond, 2014
Name: ____________________________________

Your turn!

Fill in this sexy little organizer to practice creating a SEXY paragraph

Statement.
Begin with a statement (a
sentence or two) describing
the main idea of the
paragraph.

Explanation.
Explain your statement in
more detail. Expand,
elaborate, develop, and
clarify.

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Example.
Give an example (evidence) _________________________________________
from the text you are
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studying, or from research, _________________________________________
that supports your main
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idea. Use paraphrasing or
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Ms. Hammond, 2014

quotations, and cite the
author!

Why?
Explain why your example
is relevant to your
topic/thesis/question AND
why your point is
significant OR what your
opinion is.

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