Adding Powerful Supporting Details

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3. Adding powerful supporting details is what breathes life into a writing piece. It allows the reader to take a mental journey through the text. Details

4. Very often when writing a piece, you will find yourself simply writing a number of facts without elaborating on them. Turn this. . . This Into. . .

5. The way to generate supporting (or elaborative) details, is by asking questions. - And not just yes or no questions -

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12. Let’s Review Generating Questions • What does it “look” like? • Why is that important? • Is each detail in a separate sentence? • Did you give a specific example?

13. The author of the following paragraph simply listed a number of facts. None of the facts have been elaborated on in an effective way.

14. Your dog will be happier if he is well trained. He needs to come when he is called. He needs to be able to sit and stay. He needs to stay off the furniture. He shouldn’t chew or scratch things.

15. WOW! Talk about BORING and redundant! He needs…He needs…He needs…

16. Let’s see if we can add more detail to the paragraph to make it more interesting by Generating Questions.

17. Your dog will be happier if he is well trained. He needs to come when he is called. (Why is this important?) He needs to be able to sit and stay. (What does that look like? Why is that important?) He needs to stay off the furniture and shouldn’t chew or scratch things. (Is each detail in a separate sentence? Can you give a specific example? Why is this important?)

18. Are you ready? Choose the sentences that best fit.

19. Click on the sentence/s that best supports the main idea Your dog will be happier if he is well trained. He needs to come when he is called: • If he doesn’t come when I call him, I’ll be so mad. • He’s the coolest dog in the world. Being such a • neat dog, he’ll be easy to train. • In order to keep your dog safe from traffic, and to prevent • him from chasing others, he needs to learn how to come • when called.

20. Click on the sentence/s that best supports the main idea He needs to be able to sit and stay: • At your signal, your furry friend should eagerly sit, his tail wagging, and stay put until you tell him otherwise. • By obeying your demands, it prevents the annoyance of your pet jumping up on people or begging at the table. • My friend taught his dog to do things.

21. Click on the sentence/s that best supports the main idea He needs to stay off the furniture and shouldn’t chew or scratch things. • Safe, happy dogs have been taught to chew and scratch on rawhide or rubber toys. • It’s not easy to teach your dog to do stuff. • Keeping your dog happy prevents the destruction of shoes, furniture, and other personal items.

22. I hope you have learned a great deal more about adding powerful supporting details by generating questions. If you need to a little extra review, click on my smiling face.

23. Credits Special Thanks To: Google.com For Images And Empowering Writers, LLC Writing Powerful Supporting Details By: Diane Hamel