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2 Identify the functions of a topic sentence, supporting sentences,
and a summary sentence.

Before you write anything, the first thing to do is

gather your thoughts. In the writing process, this
first step is called prewriting. A natural outgrowth

of gathering your thoughts is organizing them, or

planning. The third step, drafting, involves

writing out your organized thoughts from

beginning to end. After drafting, you may find it

necessary to make changes—clarifications,
rearrangements, additions, or deletions—by

revising your work. Finally, proofreading helps

you find and correct errors in your paper.