Identify the statement of the main idea in the topic sentence
Identify SEE(s) in Stand-Alone Paragraphs Practice
Directions: For each of the sample stand-alone paragraphs, identify the statement of the main idea in the topic sentence (S1), the sentence(s) that represent the evidence from a source or a personal example (E1), the sentence(s) that represent the analysis of the evidence through explanation/elaboration (E2), and the summary statement which restates the main idea from the topic sentence (S2).
Mental imagery can produce mental toughness and be very useful in helping an individual overcome a physical obstacle.1 For example, in Tom McCarty’s 2018 The Guardian article, “Route to the Top: Young Woman Makes Record-Breaking Rock Climb,” he illustrated this idea by describing how an athlete, Margo Hayes, used mental toughness and imagery to overcome and achieve a rock climbing record that had not been reached by a woman before.2 McCarty details Hayes’s physical and mental training regime and the thinking that helped her succeed (McCarty).3 It makes sense that when someone is trying to do something physically challenging, they prepare mentally and not just physically because half the battle is in what thoughts are in one’s mind.4 After all, the old adage that strong thoughts equal strong deeds does have some truth to it.5 Being able to picture a difficult physical task in one’s head, seeing it repeatedly, and believing in oneself is essential to effective mental imagery and mental toughness.6
What sentence(s) represent S1?
What sentence(s) represent E1?
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What sentence(s) represent S2?
For me, the best part about being in college is learning about different cultures and ways of seeing the world.1 The best example I have of this happened in my comparative religion course.2 In this class, we learned about all the major world religions and some lesser-known ones.3 Since I was raised in a very conservative Protestant faith, my parents had prevented me from asking questions or knowing anything about how other people not of my faith saw the world.4 In fact, the unspoken message given to me by my parents and my church leaders was that our religion was the only true religion, and anyone who did not believe like us would suffer a terrible end.5 Nevertheless, in the first two weeks of my comparative religion course, I discovered there are plenty of other faiths that share some of the same ideas as mine and that people from all over the world live happy and productive lives believing differently than me.6 Being able to look at these different cultures and appreciate how they saw the world really changed me, and I think changed me into a better person because now I am a whole lot less judgmental and critical of other people’s worldviews.7 Going to college has had a lot of positive outcomes for me but learning about different cultures and how other people view the world has been the most positive thing to come out of the experience.8
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What sentence(s) represent E1?
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What sentence(s) represent S2?
Carl Sagan’s theory of “star stuff,” along with the scientific origins of the human species, has inspired me in a spiritual way.1 In his 1973 book titled The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, published by Anchor Press, Sagan attempts to show how humanity is connected to our vast universe. He writes, “Our Sun is a second- or third-generation star.2 All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, and the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff” (Sagan 190).3 This idea is further developed in the 2017 article by Remy Melina, “Are We Really All Made of Stars?” posted for Livescience.Com.4 In this article, Melina explains how researchers speculate that humans have extragalactic atoms within them from beyond the Milky Way.5 He explains that new research suggests that about half of the Milky Way’s material comes from other galaxies, and this “star-stuff” has the ability to grow more star systems (galaxies) with the hydrogen and helium that is produced in the supernovas.6 This means that the stars, comets, planets, and all life on earth, including humans, have these very same elements (Melina).7 If we are all interrelated and share some of our genetic material with other life forms, it seems that this is saying something about our origins.8 Some might consider this material godlike; for others, it is simply the building block of life.9 Either way, just thinking about how our bodies contain the atoms of long ago exploding stars is spiritually inspirational for me, not necessarily religious, but spiritual.10
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