Question

Which part of an informational text usually sums up the main idea and the support reasons?

a
Conclusion paragraph

b
Transition words or phrases

c
Introduction paragraph

d
Third body paragraph

Answer 1

Welcome to QuestionCove (: To begin, we are going to eliminate option B. The reason for this is because the `transition words` are there to help the writing flow smoothly. It keeps the sentences from seeming choppy. Then, we can also eliminate option D and this is because the body paragraphs are our reasons or explanations for the topic we are writing about, so we aren't going to summarize and state the main idea here. Now, we are left with options A and C. Think of the word `summary`. Do we write summaries before or after we read something? Does it come at the start (introduction paragraph) or end (conclusion paragraph) of what we have read?