What is one method for identifying supporting details? ask yourself which sentence is the topic sentence. ask yourself who, what, where, when, why, and how. identify the sentences that have a question mark. identify the details that are least important.

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

How does the poem’s mood and tone change in each of these stages? odes and elgies

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.