Identifying Parts of an Expository Paragraph

Read the following text. Then in the right-hand text box, identify the following. You will need to clearly write "topic sentence" before writing out the topic sentence, "major supporting sentences" before writing all the major supporting sentences, "minor supporting sentence" before writing out the one minor supporting sentence, "concluding sentence" before writing the concluding sentence, and then "transitions used" before identifying which transitions are found in this short paragraph.

Selena Quintanilla's story is both inspiring and tragic. When she was very young, Selena sang in English in her father's band. As a teenager, she started singing Tejano music in Spanish. Tejano literally means "Texan," but it has come to represent a culture of Mexican Americans. Selena's new Tejano music became very popular and successful, and she was ready to release an album in English. However, she was murdered right before the album's release. After it was released, her album sold 175,000 copies in a single day, becoming one of the best-selling albums in history. At twenty-four, Selena experienced almost simultaneous death and stardom.