UPM-CALC/LPE2501/SEM 1/2021-22/SCL/WORKSHEET 4

LPE2501 ACADEMIC WRITING

SCL WORKSHEET 4

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Supporting Sentences and Supporting Details

Underline the best answer for the following questions.

1. What are supporting sentences?

a. The sentences at the end of a paragraph.

b. The sentences at the beginning of a paragraph.
c. The sentences that come after a topic sentence, making up the body of a
paragraph.

2. What do supporting sentences do?

a. They provide the topic of the paragraph.

b. They summarise the information and make conclusions.
c. They develop and support the main idea of the paragraph .

3. Which sentence is a supporting sentence in a paragraph on The Importance of

Recycling?

a. Clean jars before recycling them.

b. There are many landfills available for waste.
c. Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

4. How do you write supporting details?

a. You should provide a story.

b. You should provide only examples.
c. You should provide supporting facts, details and examples.

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5. What does NOT fully define supporting details?

a. Supporting details inform the reader what to expect in the paragraph.

b. Supporting details are sentences related to the topic sentence and its
controlling idea.
c. Supporting details provide information that supports and explains the topic of
the paragraph.

6. Supporting details must be written with in-text citations. Decide if this information
is TRUE or FALSE.

a. True
b. False

7. Types of supporting details include:

a. Unity and Cohesive devices

b. Facts, Statistics, Quotations, Examples
c. Narrative, Persuasive, Description, Expository

8. What type of supporting detail is being used in the following excerpt?

In Nassau and Freeport, as well as on some other islands, privately owned

vehicles are common: in excess of 250,000, of which 130,000 were registered in
New Providence alone during 2018 (Gillian, 2019).

a. Example
b. Quotation
c. Statistics

9. What type of supporting detail is being used in the following excerpt?

Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities
such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or
less opaque bluish-white color (Science Digest, 2016).

a. Fact
b. Example
c. Quotation

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10. What type of supporting detail is being used in the following excerpt?

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time”
(Obama, 2012, p. 55).

a. Fact
b. Example
c. Quotation

11. What type of supporting detail is being used in the following excerpt?

Western Trade Union (2014) mentions that one example of the most visible
positive effects of globalisation in India is the flow of foreign capital. A lot of
companies have directly invested in India, by starting production units in India.

a. Fact
b. Example
c. Quotation

12. Decide whether the following statement is a supporting sentence or supporting

detail.

Another advantage of the internet is that people can practice foreign languages
by conversing with friends in other countries.

a. Supporting detail
b. Supporting sentence

13. Decide whether the following statement is a supporting sentence or supporting

detail.

Land ownership is important in today’s market, but this decision has important
consequences – both positive and negative (Levinson, 2016).

a. Supporting detail
b. Supporting sentence

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Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
   

College Campuses: Criminal Activity and Violence

College campuses can be the site of criminal activity and violence, so they require
the same level of caution and awareness that would be needed in other situations.
Keep in mind that 80% of campus crimes are committed by one student against
another student. Also, alcohol or drug use is involved in 90% of campus felonies
(Harvard Tribunal, 2015). Drinking or drug use can affect judgment and lower
inhibitions, so students should always be cautious.

14. Which of these are supporting details in the paragraph? There may be more
than one answer.

a. College campuses can be the site of criminal activity and violence, so

they
require the same level of caution and awareness that would be needed in
other situations.
b. Keep in mind that 80% of campus crimes are committed by one
student
against another student.
c. Also, alcohol or drug use is involved in 90% of campus felonies.
d. Drinking or drug use can affect judgment and lower inhibitions, so
students
should always be cautious.

15. The purpose of the supporting details in the paragraph is to ______.

a. suggest ways of making college campuses safer

b. contrast college campuses with other places.
c. explain why people need to be alert to possible criminal activity and violence
on college campuses.