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Paragraph Example Controlling Sentences (also topic sentences and thesis statements) – identify and control the topic *A topic sentence or thesis statement is composed of a topic + a specific feeling Professional athletes have the potential to make outstanding role models. ( ) ( )
Clarifying Sentences – help make the topic clearer, but not too detailed. Their time spent in the public spotlight gives them many opportunities to do good deeds. Also, professional athletes have the benefit of having many fans to reach out to who may listen to them more readily than a non-athlete or public figure.
Completing Sentences – add specific details to examples For example, professional sports teams, like the Seattle Seahawks, have created organizations like the Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation. The team’s foundation promotes the emotional, physical and social development of children through physical activity. Other individual athletes, such as Tiger Woods, have created foundations on their own. Wood’s foundation promotes parental responsibility and encouraging parents to be as involved as possible in their child’s life. To finish a paragraph, add a sentence that ties it all together: Through their access to fans and the public at large, many professional athletes can and have been terrific role models. Together, the final paragraph looks like this: Professional athletes have the potential to make outstanding role models. Their time spent in the public spotlight gives them many opportunities to do good deeds. Also, professional athletes have the benefit of having many fans to reach out to who may listen to them more readily than a non-athlete or public figure. For example, professional sports teams, like the Seattle Seahawks, have created organizations like the Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation. The team’s foundation promotes the emotional, physical and social development of children through physical activity. Other individual athletes, such as Tiger Woods, have created foundations on their own. Wood’s foundation promotes parental responsibility and encouraging parents to be as involved as possible in their child’s life. Through their access to fans and the public at large, many professional athletes can and have been terrific role models.
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