Activity: Missing Support
Complete this activity to continue thinking about the types of questions readers may have and get some practice identifying places in a paragraph essay where more support is needed – in other words, places that raise questions but do not go on to answer them. Check your responses against the answer key, but know that answers will vary.
Missing Support Activity
Answer Key
*Answers will vary for the "examples of support"
*Sentence number: 6
How are customers mean and rude?
Example of how the author might support this sentence:
Just yesterday, a customer yelled at me about how I was "everything wrong with the world".
*Sentence number: 8
How is your workspace uncomfortable?
Example of how the author might support this sentence:
My chair has a broken wheel, so it leans to the right which hurts my back after a long day.
*Sentence number: 9
What kind of weird and restrictive rules does the job have?
Example of how the author might support this sentence:
We are not allowed to have any kind of food at our desks.