As a child, my favorite family tradition was our annual camping trip to the north woods.
Select a good supporting sentence for this topic sentence.
We
... [Show More] looked forward to hiking, kayaking, and exploring the outdoors together.
We had another family tradition of making s'mores on Christmas eve.
One summer, we also took a road trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
My mom had never been camping as a kid, but my dad used to camp a lot.
RATIONALE
Remember that, in a TEE paragraph, supporting sentences must be related specifically to the main idea. Since
this topic sentence is about the author's family camping trip, the supporting sentence should refer specifically to
that idea.
CONCEPT
Writing an Effective TEE Paragraph
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While the baby was sleeping, I began reading the book my friend had recommended during our conversation the
previous evening.
Which group of words from the sentence is a dependent clause?
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While the baby was sleeping
my friend had recommended
during our conversation the previous evening
I began reading the book
RATIONALE
Independent clauses need three things: a subject, a verb, and a full thought. Dependent clauses may lack any one
of those three elements and will only make sense when paired with an independent clause.
In this sentence, the clause “while the baby was sleeping” is missing its full thought; while the subject and verb
are clear (“the baby” and “sleeping”), the clause does not make sense as its own sentence. It only makes sense
once the rest of the sentence is connected.
The clause "I began reading the book" is independent: the subject is "I," the verb is "began," and we have a full
thought (the speaker has begun reading a book).
Both "my friend had recommended" and "during our conversation the previous evening" are phrases that add
meaning to the independent clause. [Show Less]