ACT Preparation / Unit 5 ACT 0408 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Support: Evidence
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The idea
Every sentence that develops a paragraph should support or expand its main point. Support includes facts, statistics, expert opinion, reasons, quotations and examples.
In practice
For "The garden improved attendance," support might be the attendance figures from before and after it opened.
Where people slip
A sentence can be true and well written and still support nothing in its paragraph.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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