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  1. Which sentence contains a concrete, specific detail rather than a vague generalization?

    Answer: In 2023, the US unemployment rate dropped to 3.4%, the lowest in 54 years.

    Specific statistics and dates provide verifiable, precise evidence that strengthens paragraph development.

  2. A writer wants to develop a paragraph using cause and effect. Which topic sentence fits this method best?

    Answer: Increased vehicle emissions have led to higher rates of respiratory illness in urban areas.

    This sentence establishes a clear cause (vehicle emissions) and effect (respiratory illness), which the paragraph can then develop.

  3. What does it mean for a paragraph to have 'adequate development'?

    Answer: The main idea is supported with enough detail, evidence, and explanation

    Adequate development means the writer has provided sufficient support — facts, examples, analysis — to fully convince the reader of the main idea.

  4. Which transitional phrase signals that a writer is adding a point that strengthens the previous one?

    Answer: Moreover

    'Moreover' signals that the next point builds on and reinforces the previous idea rather than opposing or causing it.

  5. A student's paragraph has a strong topic sentence and good evidence but no analysis. What is the likely impact?

    Answer: Readers may not understand how the evidence connects to the claim

    Without analysis, evidence sits unexplained, leaving readers to guess how it supports the main idea.

  6. Which type of evidence is generally considered LEAST reliable in academic paragraph writing?

    Answer: Personal anecdote presented as universal fact

    A single personal anecdote lacks generalizability and cannot be verified, making it the weakest form of evidence on its own.

  7. A paragraph about healthy eating ends with: 'Nutrition labels list calories, fats, and carbohydrates.' Why is this a weak concluding sentence?

    Answer: It introduces a new, undeveloped idea instead of closing the paragraph's argument

    A concluding sentence should reinforce the paragraph's main idea, not open a new topic that was never discussed.