Expository Paragraph Graphic Organizer

 

General topic + Specific feeling/attitude = Topic sentence

General topic:

 

 

Specific feeling/attitude:

 

Topic sentence:

 

 

Idea #1

 

 

Support detail

 

 

 

 

 

Support detail

Idea #2

 

 

Support detail

 

 

 

 

 

Support detail

 

 

 

Idea #3

 

 

Support detail

 

 

 

 

 

Support detail

 

 

 

Ordering: Decide the order of the ideas above: (a good strategy is to save the strongest idea for last. You can also put the ideas in chronological order, order of importance or any other logical order).

 

A. 

B. 

C.

Transitions: Using a reference, list several transitions here that you may need to use when writing your paragraph:

 

 

 

 

 

Concluding sentence: a good concluding sentence can do several things: be a bridge to the next paragraph, paraphrase the topic sentence, or leave the reader with a strong feeling of the writer’s attitude about the main subject of the paragraph.

 

 

 

 

 

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