Practice 7: Generating Supporting Ideas

PRACTICE 7 Generating Supporting Ideas

Choose one of the following sentences, or your own topic sentence or thesis statement, and use one of the three strategies in “Generating Support” to generate at least twelve supporting points. Keep your answers for use in later practices in this chapter.

  1. Some television shows stir my mind instead of numbing it.
  2. Today there is no such thing as a “typical” college student.
  3. Learning happens not only in school but throughout a person’s life.
  4. Practical intelligence can’t be measured by grades.
  5. I deserve a raise.

Question

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Practice 7: Choose one of the following sentences, or your own topic sentence or thesis statement, and use one of the three strategies in “Generating Support” to generate at least twelve supporting points.