20. What question are you trying to answer? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 1. Choose a topic by reading the table of contents, skimming the headings, or looking at the pictures and reading the captions. 2. Then, turn that heading or subject into a question. Your Name: ____________________
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Editor's Notes
Get your reader interested Paragraph needs to be about basically one topic. Topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph will be about. Repetition is fine – say it in a different way What is voice? Read dog days – 1 st person, sarcastic, uses expressions
Try starting with a question to get your reader interested. Are there really any famous people in Maine? Topic: even though Maine is not a very big in terms of population, there are some famous people. (Say what you are going to say. Answer the question briefly) Some famous Maine people include Stephen King, Samantha Smith, and Margaret Chase Smith. Born in 1947, Stephen King is a well-liked author of many horror books. Samantha Smith is another famous person from Maine. Even though she died very young, a lot of people around the world noticed when she wrote to a Soviet leader during the Cold War. She was invited to visit the Soviet president, and told him she wanted peace. Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to run for president. She was elected to the U.S. senate. She also served in the house of representatives. In this way, these people from Maine are famous for different reasons: one is a writer, one a politician and one a citizen who reached out to another country during a time of war.
