Which of the following is not a component of an effective supporting paragraph?

a.
specific details and examples

b.
insight from the research paper’s author

c.
topic sentence that supports the thesis

d.
summary of the research paper

Summary of the research paper is not a component of an effective supporting paragraph. Option D is correct.

The supporting sentences which are also known as the body of the paragraph, are used in an attempt to support, explain, illustrate, or provide evidence for the idea or point of view stated in the topic sentence.

Support paragraphs generally work together to explain the main idea of a story, an essay, or a section of a business or technical report.

what is the purpose of the description in this passage from travels with charley?

to explain how he develops friendships with people

to show his fear of the man

to show that people in the bad lands are dangerous

to show the similarity between the man and the place

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,