Paragraph Development

  Types of Elaboration
Facts and Statistics
 statements that can be proved
Incidents or Anecdotes
 events that illustrate your main idea
Examples
 specific cases or instances that illustrate your main idea
Reasons
 specific cases that answer the question WHY
Sensory Details
 words that appeal to the five senses
Quotations
 the words of an important figure relating to your main idea

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