Explanation: In this sentence, you provide a sentence that further develops or explains Sentence 1.

o Sentence 1: Point/reason sentence: This topic sentence will contain one of your reasons.

o Sentence 2: Explanation: In this sentence, you provide a sentence that further develops or explains Sentence 1.

o Sentence 3: Illustration: This sentence introduces evidence that supports the reason that is presented in Sentence 1.

o Sentence 4: Explanation of the illustration: Because the evidence does not necessarily stand on its own, you need to provide ex