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Paragraph Structure (Part 2) transcript
Smrt English · @smrtenglish
Published July 10, 20132:26103.5K views
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topic sentence what do you mean or they can explain explain why and finally they can give examples to support your topic sentence if you'd like to practice this more click on the link under the
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best years of my life helping people build houses in Costa Rica well what what are some different kinds of supporting sentences well the first one is to Define right well what
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do you mean well I was the happiest I have ever been when I lived in the small country now another type of supporting sentence can explain why why was this so
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Transcript analysisComputed from the caption text
Words
311
Runtime
2:26
Speaking pace
128wpm
Reading time
1min
128 words per minute, below the 160 25th percentile of 349 measured videos. That distribution comes from the 349-video hook study.
Opening (first 30 seconds)
after the topic sentence a a paragraph always needs supporting sentences what's a supporting sentence well a a supporting sentence adds information about the topic sentence so it's supports the topic well here's an example of my topic sentence I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses in Costa Rica well what what are some different kinds of supporting sentences
64 words, the words spoken in the first 30 seconds at 128 words per minute.
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Sentence shape
| Measure | This transcript |
|---|---|
| Sentences | 1 |
| Average words per sentence | 311.0 |
| Longest sentence | 311 words |
| Questions asked | 0 |
| Sentences containing a number | 1 |
Most used terms
- sentence12
- supporting10
- topic9
- topic sentence8
- sentences6
- supporting sentences6
- examples4
- explain4
- supporting sentence4
- example3
- finally3
- help3
Filler phrases
1 in total: like 1.
A literal whole-word count of the same phrase list the Prepublish browser extension uses, so a phrase inside another word is not counted and a phrase used in its ordinary sense still is. It is a count and not a judgement.
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Transcript
after the topic sentence a a paragraph always needs supporting sentences what's a supporting sentence well a a supporting sentence adds information about the topic sentence so it's supports the topic well here's an example of my topic sentence I spent the best years of my life helping people build houses in Costa Rica well what what are some different kinds of supporting sentences well the first one is to Define right well what do you mean talk about your topic sentence a little bit more explain what do you mean well I was the happiest I have ever been when I lived in the small country now another type of supporting sentence can explain why why was this so happy for you well I felt so good about myself because all I did was help help others all day I helped families get a new place to live and built schools or community centers where people can learn and work together to make a better life it was so great to help others you can see that this these supporting sentences are explaining my topic sentence why were you so happy and finally supporting sentences sometimes give examples give examples well here's an example of a supporting sentence giving examples for example the Rodriguez family of six people had their house destroyed by a hurricane they had lived in a tent for 4 years I helped them finally have a proper home again it was the most amazing gift I have ever given someone so after a top excuse me after a topic sentence you need supporting sentences supporting sentences can Define your topic sentence what do you mean or they can explain explain why and finally they can give examples to support your topic sentence if you'd like to practice this more click on the link under the video
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